Cost and cost-effectiveness of increased community and primary care facility involvement in tuberculosis care in Machakos District, Kenya

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Nganda, Benjamin ^a   Wang'Ombe, J ^a   Floyd, K ^b   Kangangi, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Natl Leprosy/TB Contr Prog Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community based care; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Evaluation; Kenya; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KENYA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0141513994     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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