HIV, tuberculosis, and noncommunicable diseases: What is known about the costs, effects, and cost-effectiveness of integrated care?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Hyle, Emily P ^a,b   Naidoo, Kogieleum ^c   Su, Amanda E ^b   El Sadr, Wafaa M ^d   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; HIV AIDS; integrated care; noncommunicable diseases; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84906052574     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000254     Document Type: Article

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