Multi-country analysis of the cost of community health workers kits and commodities for community-based maternal and newborn care

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages i84-i92

  Barger, Diana ^a   Owen, Helen ^b   Pitt, Catherine ^b   Kerber, Kate ^a   Sitrin, Deborah ^a   Mayora, Chrispus ^c   Guenther, Tanya ^a   Daviaud, Emmanuelle ^d   Lawn, Joy E ^b  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

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

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

commodities; Community health workers; costing; economic evaluation; home visit kits; home visits; maternal and newborn; scale up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BOLIVIA; CATCHMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ETHIOPIA; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; MALAWI; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WORKLOAD; AFRICA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; BOLIVIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85030660900     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx038     Document Type: Article

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