PEPFAR programs linked to more deliveries in health facilities by African women who are not infected with HIV

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1478-1488

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a   Jakubowski, Aleksandra ^b   Rabkin, Miriam ^c   Elul, Batya ^d   Friedman, Michael ^e   El Sadr, Wafaa ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c ICAP ^*  (United States)

^d ICAP   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866281970     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0197     Document Type: Article

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