The costs and cost-effectiveness of mass treatment for intestinal nematode worm infections using different treatment thresholds

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Hall, Andrew ^a   Horton, Sue ^b   de Silva, Nilanthi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEMATODIASIS; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 65549091410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000402     Document Type: Article

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