Levels of spending and resource allocation to HIV programs and services in Latin America and the Caribbean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Arán Matero, Daniel ^a   Amico, Peter ^b   Arán Fernandez, Christian ^c   Gobet, Benjamin ^c   Izazola Licea, José Antonio ^d   Avila Figueroa, Carlos ^c  

^a Promotion of Economic Development (PROMODE)   (Brazil)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^d Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RISK; STATISTICS;

CARIBBEAN REGION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; RISK;

EID: 79960689103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022373     Document Type: Article

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