An approach to model the costs and effects of case management of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 90-103

  Tediosi, Fabrizio ^a   Maire, Nicolas ^a   Smith, Thomas ^a   Hutton, Guy ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Ross, Amanda ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33748529954     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.90     Document Type: Article

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