Artemisinin-based combination therapy reduces expenditure on malaria treatment in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 959-966

  Muheki, Charlotte ^a   McIntyre, Di ^a   Barnes, Karen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artemisinin based combination therapy; Costs; Economic evaluation; Falciparum malaria; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; OUTPATIENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; COST SAVINGS; DECISION TREES; DRUG COSTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4644288311     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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