Economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial of interventions to improve health workers' practice in diagnosing and treating uncomplicated malaria in cameroon

Value in Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 783-791

  Mangham Jefferies, Lindsay ^a   Wiseman, Virginia ^a   Achonduh, Olivia A ^b   Drake, Thomas L ^a,c,d   Cundill, Bonnie ^a   Onwujekwe, Obinna ^e   Mbacham, Wilfred ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cameroon cluster randomized trial; cost effectiveness analysis; health worker training; malaria practice; words

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALE UP; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEVER; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915784151     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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