Cost of delivering child health care through community level health workers: How much extra does IMNCI program cost?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 489-495

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Mazumder, Sarmila ^b   Taneja, Sunita ^b   Bahuguna, Pankaj ^a   Bhandari, Nita ^b   Mohan, Pavitra ^c   Hombergh, Henri ^c   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research   (India)

^b SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^c UNICEF India Country Office   (India)

Author keywords

Child health; Cost; Health worker; IMNCI; Incremental cost

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITED SOCIAL HEALTH ACTIVISTS; ANGANWADI WORKER; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; NURSE MIDWIFE;

CHILD HEALTH; COST; HEALTH WORKER; IMNCI; INCREMENTAL COST;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NURSE MIDWIVES;

EID: 84889061663     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt057     Document Type: Article

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