Equity and efficiency in scaling up access to HIV-related interventions in resource-limited settings

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-214

  Cleary, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; HIV treatment; Resource limited settings

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951072158     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e3283384a6f     Document Type: Review

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