Overview, methods and results of multi-country community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages i6-i20

  Daviaud, Emmanuelle ^a   Owen, Helen ^b   Pitt, Catherine ^b   Kerber, Kate ^c   Bianchi Jassir, Fiorella ^b   Barger, Diana ^c   Manzi, Fatuma ^d   Ekipara Kiracho, Elizabeth ^e   Greco, Giulia ^b   Waiswa, Peter ^e   Lawn, Joy E ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

community health workers; Community based; cost analysis; costing tool; developing country; economic analysis; effectiveness threshold; health systems; maternal health; newborn

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BOLIVIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY;

AFRICA; BOLIVIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85030674612     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx055     Document Type: Article

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