Costs of HIV/AIDS outpatient services delivered through Zambian public health facilities

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-118

  Bratt, John H ^a   Torpey, Kwasi ^a   Kabaso, Mushota ^a   Gondwe, Yebo ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Costs and cost analysis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE USE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 78650186253     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02640.x     Document Type: Article

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