The costs of home delivery of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in a prefilled syringe in Indonesia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 456-461

  Levin, Carol E ^a   Nelson, Carib M ^a   Widjaya, Anton ^b   Moniaga, Vanda ^b   Anwar, Chairiyah ^c  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b Prog Appropriate Technol in Hlth   (Indonesia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Hepatitis B vaccines administration and dosage economics; Home care services; Immunization programs; Indonesia; Infant, Newborn immunology; Syringes economics

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS B; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYRINGE;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDONESIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 20944446854     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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