Cost and efficiency of public sector sexually transmitted infection clinics in Andhra Pradesh, India

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Dandona, Lalit ^a   Sisodia, Pratap ^a   Prasad, T L N ^b   Marseille, Elliot ^c   Rao, M Chalapathi ^a   Kumar, A Anod ^a   Kumar, S G Prem ^a   Ramesh, Y K ^a   Over, Mead ^d   Someshwar, M ^a   Kahn, James G ^c  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COUNSELING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 28444462141     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-69     Document Type: Article

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