How much does it cost to get a dose of vaccine to the service delivery locationα Empirical evidence from Vietnam's Expanded Program on Immunization

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 834-838

  Mvundura, Mercy ^a   Kien, Vu Duy ^b,d   Nga, Nguyen Tuyet ^b   Robertson, Joanie ^b,e   Van Cuong, Nguyen ^c   Tung, Ho Thanh ^c   Hong, Duong Thi ^c   Levin, Carol ^a,f  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b PATH   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^d HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^e The Vaccine Alliance   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost per dose; Expanded Program on Immunization; Micro costing; Vaccine supply chain cost; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG STORAGE; ENERGY COST; EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIET NAM;

BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUÉRIN; BCG; COST PER DOSE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-WHOLE-CELL PERTUSSIS; DTP; DTWP; EPI; EXPANDED PROGRAM ON IMMUNIZATION; FITG; FULLY IMMUNIZED TARGET GROUP; KILO WATT HOURS; KWH; MICRO-COSTING; MINISTRY OF HEALTH; MOH; PATH; PERFORMANCE, QUALITY AND SAFETY; PQS; PROGRAM FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH; VACCINE SUPPLY CHAIN COST; VIETNAM; VIETNAMESE DONG; VND; WHO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG STORAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; REFRIGERATION; TRANSPORTATION; VACCINES; VIETNAM;

EID: 84892881584     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.12.029     Document Type: Article

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