The methodological challenges for the estimation of quality of life in children for use in economic evaluation in low-income countries

Value in Health Regional Issues

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-239

  Mabugu, Travor ^a   Revill, Paul ^b   van den Berg, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; HIV AIDS; Low income; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME COUNTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884131310     PISSN: 22121099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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