Effectiveness and cost of facility-based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Tanzania

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9445, 2004, Pages 1583-1594

  Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M ^a,b,c   Adam, Taghreed ^d   Mshinda, Hassan ^a   Masanja, Honorati ^a,e   Kabadi, Gregory ^e   Mukasa, Oscar ^a   John, Theopista ^f   Charles, Sosthenes ^a   Nathan, Rose ^a   Wilczynska, Katarzyna ^a   Mgalula, Leslie ^e,f,g   Mbuya, Conrad ^e   Mswia, Robert ^e   Manzi, Fatuma ^a   De Savigny, Don ^e,h   Schellenberg, David ^a,i   Victora, Prof Cesar ^j  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^f World Health Organisation United Republic of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^g WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^h INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^j University of Pelotas   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA;

EID: 7444268005     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17311-X     Document Type: Article

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