Costs of treating malaria according to test results

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7637, 2008, Pages 168-169

  Bisoffi, Zeno ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^b  

^a Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

AFRICA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 38949175310     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39401.486655.80     Document Type: Editorial

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