Estimating unbiased economies of scale of HIV prevention projects: A case study of Avahan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-172

  Lépine, Aurélia ^a   Vassall, Anna ^a   Chandrashekar, Sudha ^a,d   Blanc, Elodie ^b   Le Nestour, Alexis ^c  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Avahan; Causal inference; Cost data; Economies of scale; Efficiency; HIV prevention; India; Scale up

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMY OF SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CASE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS ESTIMATOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ESTIMATOR; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCALE UP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICAL BIAS;

INDIA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; ORGANIZATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84924662550     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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