Costing universal access of highly active antiretroviral therapy in Benin

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 582-587

  Hounton, Sennen Houessey ^a,c   Akonde, Alain ^b   Zannou, Djimon Marcel ^b   Bashi, Jules ^b   Meda, Nicolas ^a   Newlands, David ^c  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b PNLS ^*  (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benin; Costing; HAART; Scaling up; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BENIN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DRUG COST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCALE UP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BENIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46749096400     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701868303     Document Type: Article

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