Assessing the efficiency of mother-to-child HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries using data envelopment analysis

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-222

  Santos, Sérgio P ^a,b   Amado, Carla A E ^a,b   Santos, Mauro F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DEA; HIV prevention; Mother to Child HIV transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864532446     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-012-9196-9     Document Type: Article

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