Cost effectiveness of facility and home based HIV voluntary counseling and testing strategies in rural Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-429

  Mulogo, Edgar M ^a   Batwala, V ^a   Nuwaha, F ^b   Aden, A S ^c   Baine, O S ^b  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Facility and home based VCT; Positive cases identified; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UGANDA; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FACILITY AND HOME BASED VCT; POSITIVE CASES IDENTIFIED; UGANDA;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883663937     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i2.32     Document Type: Article

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