Measles vaccination improves the equity of health outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-419

  Bishai, David ^a   Koenig, Michael ^a   Ali Khan, Mehrab ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child survival; Equity; Measles vaccine

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BANGLADESH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037952800     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.732     Document Type: Article

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