How to estimate the cost of point-of-care CD4 testing in program settings: An example using the Alere Pima™ analyzer in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Larson, Bruce ^a   Schnippel, Kathryn ^b   Ndibongo, Buyiswa ^b   Long, Lawrence ^b   Fox, Matthew P ^a,b   Rosen, Sydney ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS COUNSELING AND TESTING PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH AFRICA; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859994562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035444     Document Type: Article

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