Cost-effectiveness analysis of introducing RDTs for malaria diagnosis as compared to microscopy and presumptive diagnosis in central and peripheral public health facilities in Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 724-736

  Ansah, Evelyn K ^a,b   Epokor, Michael ^a,b   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a,b   Yeung, Shunmay ^a,b   Hansen, Kristian Schultz ^a,b  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIMALARIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84886032741     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0033     Document Type: Article

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