Sharing the burden of TB/HIV? Costs and financing of public-private partnerships for tuberculosis treatment in South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1466-1474

  Sinanovic, Edina ^a   Kumaranayake, Lilani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost; Financing; Public private partnerships; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIVATE LAND; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYER; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COSTS; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33747874275     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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