The cost-effectiveness of an outreach clinical model in the management and prevention of gonorrhea and chlamydia among Chinese female sex workers in Hong Kong

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 220-227

  You, Joyce H S ^a,b   Wong, William C W ^a   Chung, Wah Sin ^b   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHINESE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEX; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HONG KONG; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROSTITUTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33645909578     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000187300.58733.a6     Document Type: Article

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