Task-sharing or public finance for the expansion of surgical access in rural Ethiopia: An extended cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 706-716

  Shrime, Mark G ^a,b   Verguet, Stéphane ^c   Johansson, Kjell Arne ^d   Desalegn, Dawit ^e   Jamison, Dean T ^f   Kruk, Margaret E ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; extended cost effectiveness analysis; impoverishment; surgery; universal health care

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84977126086     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv121     Document Type: Article

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