Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic for malaria in Extra-Amazon Region, Brazil

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Oliveira, Maria Regina F ^a,b   Giozza, Silvana P ^c   Peixoto, Henry M ^d   Romero, Gustavo A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Science and Technology for Health Technology Assessment (IATS/CNPq)   (Brazil)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d Health State Secretariat   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnoses; Economic evaluation; Malaria; Microscopy; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PROBABILITY; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84869874463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-390     Document Type: Article

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