Costs of interventions for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1417-1426

  Santa Ana Tellez, Yared ^a   Demaria, Lisa M ^a   Galárraga, Omar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Costs; HIV AIDS; Low and middle income countries; Orphan and vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORPHAN; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AIDS PATIENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ORPHANED CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84860419602     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02856.x     Document Type: Review

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