Accounting for institutional change in health economic evaluation: A program to tackle HIV/AIDS and gender violence in Southern Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 922-932

  Jan, Stephen ^a   Pronyk, Paul ^b,c   Kim, Julia ^b,c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Gender; HIV AIDS; IMAGE; Institutionalism; Social welfare; Southern Africa; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; TRANSACTION COST; VIOLENCE; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 38749137050     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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