A cost function for HIV prevention services: Is there a 'u' - Shape?

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Guinness, Lorna ^a   Kumaranayake, Lilani ^a   Hanson, Kara ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTITUTION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 38349094255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-5-13     Document Type: Article

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