Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Shillcutt, Samuel ^a   Morel, Chantal ^b   Goodman, Catherine ^c   Coleman, Paul ^c   Bell, David ^d   Whitty, Christopher J M ^c   Mills, A ^c  

^a Andean Health and Development   (Ecuador)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ARTEMISIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 38949169843     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.042259     Document Type: Article

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