Cost of providing the expanded programme on immunization: Findings from a facility-based study in Viet Nam, 2005

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 429-434

  Minh, Van Hoang ^a   Nguyen, Thi Bach Yen ^a   Bao, Giang Kim ^a   Lan, Huong Dao ^b   Thuy, Huong Nguyen ^c   Wright, Pamela ^c  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL FEE; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION; VIET NAM;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 44949249691     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.045161     Document Type: Article

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