The economic value of an improved malaria treatment programme in Zambia: Results from a contingent valuation survey

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Masiye, Felix ^a   Rehnberg, Clas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 31544458675     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-60     Document Type: Review

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