Cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by community health workers compared to treatment provided at an outpatient facility in rural Mali

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Rogers, Eleanor ^a   Martínez, Karen ^b   Morán, Jose Luis Alvarez ^a   Alé, Franck G B ^c   Charle, Pilar ^d   Guerrero, Saul ^b   Puett, Chloe ^b  

^a Action Against Hunger UK   (United Kingdom)

^b Action Against Hunger   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d Fundación Acción Contra el Hambre ACF Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community health workers (CHWs); Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM); Cost effectiveness; Mali; Severe acute malnutrition (SAM)

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALI; MALNUTRITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALI; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 85042145530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-018-0273-0     Document Type: Article

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