The cost of quality improvements due to integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) in Uganda

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-19

  Bishai, David ^a   Mirchandani, Gita ^a   Pariyo, George ^b   Burnham, Gilbert ^a   Black, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Child health services economics; Costs and cost analysis; Health services utilization; Quality of health care; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 38949171722     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1231     Document Type: Article

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