Journal article
Economic evaluation of HIV screening in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in India
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: With prevalence of HIV rising in pregnant women in India, pediatric HIV/AIDS is emerging as a public health problem. We evaluated the additional costs to the health care system and the additional health outcomes of introducing a voluntary primary care HIV screening program for pregnant women in India.
METHODS: The analysis was conducted from the government perspective. We analyzed two scenarios: a programme of universal screening …
Authors
Kumar M; Birch S; Maturana A; Gafni A
Journal
Health Policy, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 233–243
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.07.014
ISSN
0168-8510