Estimating implementation and operational costs of an integrated tiered CD4 service including laboratory and point of care testing in a remote health district in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Cassim, Naseem ^a   Coetzee, Lindi M ^a   Schnippel, Kathryn ^b   Glencross, Deborah K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKLOAD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; MASS SCREENING; PATHOGENICITY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VIROLOGY;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MASS SCREENING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROGNOSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84919361185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115420     Document Type: Article

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