Cost evaluation of reproductive and primary health care mobile service delivery for women in two rural districts in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Schnippel, Kathryn ^a   Lince Deroche, Naomi ^a   Van Den Handel, Theo ^b   Molefi, Seithati ^b   Bruce, Suann ^b   Firnhaber, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^b RIGHT TO CARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MOBILE CLINIC; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; COST; ECONOMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84928920460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119236     Document Type: Article

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