A systematic review of economic evaluations of CHW interventions aimed at improving child health outcomes

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Nkonki, L ^a   Tugendhaft, A ^b   Hofman, K ^b  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child health; Community health worker; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluations

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 85014107751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-017-0192-5     Document Type: Review

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