An analysis of the costs of Uganda's Child Days Plus: Do low costs reveal an efficient program or an underfinanced one?

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-104

  Fiedler, John L ^a   Semakula, Richard ^b  

^a HarvestPlus   (United States)

^b NONE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

ABC; Activity based costing; Child health days; Cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Deworming; Healthcare financing; Implementation; Nutrition policy; Program fidelity; Resource allocation; Supplementation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VITAMIN;

UGANDA;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UGANDA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84901592726     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500111     Document Type: Article

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