Costing adult male circumcision in high HIV prevalence, low circumcision rate countries

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

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 515-520

  Fieno, John Vincent ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult male circumcision; Cost effectiveness; Costing model; Human resources in health; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 46749134376     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701867149     Document Type: Article

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