Economic evaluation of HIV screening in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in India

Health Policy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Birch, Stephen ^b   Maturana, Andres ^b,c   Gafni, Amiran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Economic evaluation; HIV AIDS; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 33646537454     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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