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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780810203321

Autore

Vassall Anna

Titolo

Costs and cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis [[electronic resource] /] / Anna Vassall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-45390-4

9786612453908

90-485-1146-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VassallAnna

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Tuberculosis - Economic aspects

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis - Prevention

Medical care, Cost of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis.

"The publication of this book was made possible by a contribution from KNCV Tuberculosefonds, The Hague."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: General Introduction; Chapter 2: Cost-effectiveness of different treatment strategies for tuberculosis in Egypt and Syria; Chapter 3: Reforming tuberculosis control in Ukraine;  results of pilot projects and implications for the national scale-up of DOTS; Chapter 4: Cost effectiveness analysis of introducing rapid, alternative methods to identify multidrugresistant tuberculosis in middle income countries; Chapter 5: The patient costs of accessing collaborative TB/HIV interventions in Ethiopia

Chapter 6: Estimating the resource needs of scaling-up HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review for national policy makers and plannersChapter 7: General discussion and conclusion; Chapter 8: Summary/Samenvatting

Sommario/riassunto

On the economic aspects of tuberculosis control