Cost-effectiveness of malaria microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests versus presumptive diagnosis: Implications for malaria control in Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Batwala, Vincent ^a,d   Magnussen, Pascal ^b   Hansen, Kristian S ^c   Nuwaha, Fred ^d  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROSCOPY; PRESUMPTIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ECONOMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UGANDA;

EID: 83655196877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-372     Document Type: Article

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