Cost-effectiveness of provider-based HIV partner notification in urban Malawi

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-126

  Rutstein, Sarah E ^a   Brown, Lillian B ^a,b   Biddle, Andrea K ^a   Wheeler, Stephanie B ^a   Kamanga, Gift ^c   Mmodzi, Pearson ^c   Nyirenda, Naomi ^c   Mofolo, Innocent ^c   Rosenberg, Nora E ^a   Hoffman, Irving F ^b   Miller, William C ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

Author keywords

contact tracing; Cost benefit analysis; HIV; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891605112     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs140     Document Type: Article

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