Rationing access to public-sector antiretroviral treatment during scale-up in South Africa: Implications for equity

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-27

  Jacobs, Nandipha ^a   Schneider, Helen ^a,b   Van Rensburg, H C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Free State Province; HAART; Patient selection criteria; Programme implementation

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 44449090471     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2008.7.1.3.431     Document Type: Article

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