Cost and effectiveness comparison of two methods for screening potential blood donors for anaemia in Vietnam

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 158-165

  Tyrrell, A ^a   Worrall, E ^b   Que, T N ^c   Bates, I ^b  

^a Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c National Institute for Haematology and Blood Transfusion   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Blood donor screening; Copper sulphate; Cost and effectiveness comparison; Developing country; HemoCue

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; VIET NAM;

ANEMIA; BLOOD DONORS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHODS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; VIETNAM;

EID: 79955081861     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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