The comparative cost-effectiveness of an equity-focused approach to child survival, health, and nutrition: A modelling approach

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9850, 2012, Pages 1341-1351

  Carrera, Carlos ^a   Azrack, Adeline ^b   Begkoyian, Genevieve ^b   Pfaffmann, Jerome ^b   Ribaira, Eric ^b   O'Connell, Thomas ^a   Doughty, Patricia ^a   Aung, Kyaw Myint ^b   Prieto, Lorena ^c   Rasanathan, Kumanan ^a   Sharkey, Alyssa ^a   Chopra, Mickey ^a   Knippenberg, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ESAN   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84867336806     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61378-6     Document Type: Review

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