The promise of affordable implants: Is cost recovery possible in Kenya?

Contraception

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Tumlinson, Katherine ^a   Steiner, Markus J ^b   Rademacher, Kate H ^b   Olawo, Alice ^b   Solomon, Marsden ^b   Bratt, John ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive implants; Contraceptive security; Cost recovery; Cost effectiveness; Kenya; Sino implant (II)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KENYA; PROFIT;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA;

EID: 78649907491     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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