Cost effectiveness of a Pharmacy-only Refill Program in a large Urban HIV/AIDS clinic in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Babigumira, Joseph B ^a   Castelnuovo, Barbara ^b   Stergachis, Andy ^a   Kiragga, Agnes ^b   Shaefer, Petra ^b   Lamorde, Mohammed ^b   Kambugu, Andrew ^b   Muwanga, Alice ^b   Garrison, Louis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACY;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; STANDARD OF CARE; UGANDA;

EID: 79953135743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018193     Document Type: Article

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