Potential cost-effectiveness of universal access to modern contraceptives in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Babigumira, Joseph B ^a   Stergachis, Andy ^a   Veenstra, David L ^a   Gardner, Jacqueline S ^a   Ngonzi, Joseph ^b   Mukasa Kivunike, Peter ^c   Garrison, Louis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c Engender Health Fistula Care Project   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; UGANDA; VALIDATION PROCESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

EID: 84857178872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030735     Document Type: Article

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