Cost effectiveness of implementing integrated management of neonatal and childhood illnesses program in district Faridabad, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Bahuguna, Pankaj ^a   Mohan, Pavitra ^b   Mazumder, Sarmila ^c   Taneja, Sunita ^c   Bhandari, Nita ^c   Van Den Hombergh, Henri ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84954040444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145043     Document Type: Article

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