The Cost of Providing HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing Services in Vietnam

Value in Health Regional Issues

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-40

  Minh, Hoang Van ^a   Bach, Tran Xuan ^a   Mai, Nguyen Y ^b   Wright, Pamela ^c  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c The Netherlands Vietnam Medial Committee   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cost; HIV AIDS; Vietnam; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM;

EID: 84868290804     PISSN: 22121099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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