Congenital syphilis: An economic evaluation of a prevention program in China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Hong, Fu Chang ^a   Liu, Jiang Bo ^b   Feng, Tie Jian ^a   Liu, Xiao Li ^a   Pan, Peng ^a   Zhou, Hua ^a,c   Cai, Yu Mao ^a   Ling, Li ^d   Huang, Xi Ming ^a   Zhang, Dan ^e   Zhang, Ying Ji ^e   Zeegers, Maurice P ^f,g  

^a Birth Defects Prevention Research and Transformation Team   (China)

^b Huiyang People's Hospital   (China)

^c Bao'An Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Shenzhen Health Bureau   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 74249090032     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181b3915b     Document Type: Article

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