Community-based DOTS and family member DOTS for TB control in Nepal: Costs and cost-effectiveness

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mirzoev, Tolib N ^a   Baral, Sushil C ^a,b   Karki, Deepak K ^b,c   Green, Andrew T ^a   Newell, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Research and Social Development Forum   (Nepal)

^c UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 57649238656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-6-20     Document Type: Article

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