Estimating the costs of cervical cancer screening in high-burden Sub-Saharan African countries

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-155

  Mvundura, Mercy ^a   Tsu, Vivien ^a  

^a PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Economic costs; Financial costs; Scale up; Screening; Sub Saharan Africa; Visual inspection with acetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; DEVICES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CRYOTHERAPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903688571     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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