Global cost of child survival: Estimates from country-level validation;Coût global de la survie de l'enfant: Estimations à partir de la validation au niveau du pays

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-277

  van Ekdom, Liselore ^a   Stenberg, Karin ^b   Scherpbier, Robert W ^b   Niessen, Louis W ^c  

^a House of Performance   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POPULATION SIZE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALE UP; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOALS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 79955461684     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.081059     Document Type: Article

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