Cost and efficiency of HIV voluntary counselling and testing centres in Andhra Pradesh, India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-31

  Dandona, L ^a   Sisodia, P ^a   Ramesh, Y K ^a   Kumar, S G P ^a   Kumar, A A ^a   Rao, M C ^a   Someshwar, M ^a   Hansl, B ^b   Marshall, N ^b   Marseille, E ^b   Khan, J G ^b  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 20244386572     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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