Assessing the costs and effects of antiretroviral therapy task shifting from physicians to other health professionals in Ethiopia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Johns, Benjamin ^a   Asfaw, Elias ^b   Wong, Wendy ^a   Bekele, Abebe ^b   Minior, Thomas ^c   Kebede, Amha ^b   Palen, John ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Costs and cost analysis; Ethiopia; Task performance and analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECENTRALIZATION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898725917     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000064     Document Type: Article

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