Home visiting programmes for the prevention of child maltreatment: Cost-effectiveness of 33 programmes

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 787-798

  Dalziel, Kim ^a   Segal, Leonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME VISITING PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIAL WORKER;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84866082557     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300795     Document Type: Article

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