An economic evaluation of the national schistosomiasis control programme in China from 1992 to 2000

Acta Tropica

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 255-265

  Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a   Wang, Li Ying ^b   Chen, Ming Gang ^a   Wang, Tian Ping ^c   Guo, Jia Gang ^a   Wu, Xiao Hua ^a   Jiang, Qing Wu ^d   Jiang, Zheng ^a   Chen, Xian Yi ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Anhui Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Control programme; Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness analysis; Economic evaluation; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; World Bank

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WORLD BANK;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COW; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CHINA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

BOVINAE; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 26844457400     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.07.026     Document Type: Article

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