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Does birth under-registration reduce childhood immunization? : evidence from the Dominican Republic

Brito, Steve; Corbacho, Ana; Osorio Rivas, René - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 14, pp. 1-18

The consequences of lacking birth certificates remain largely unexplored in the economic literature. We intend to fill this knowledge gap studying the effect of lacking birth certificates on immunization of children in the Dominican Republic. This is an interesting country because a significant...

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Commercial plasma donation and individual health in impoverished rural China

Chen, Xi - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 30, pp. 1-8

through cross-contamination. Commercial plasma donation and the resulting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics in central China …

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Economic impact of HIV/AIDS : a systematic review in five European countries

Trapero-Bertran, Marta; Oliva, Juan - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 15, pp. 1-16

The HIV/AIDS disease represent a priority for all health authorities in all countries and it also represents serious … associated to the HIV/AIDS in an European context. We conducted a systematic literature review for five different countries … this study containing seventy-six cost estimates. Most of the studies analyzed the health care cost of treatment of HIV/AIDS …

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Designing a package of sexual and reproductive health and HIV outreach services to meet the heterogeneous preferences of young people in Malawi : results from a discrete choice exp...

Michaels-Igbokwe, Christine; Lagarde, Mylene; Cairns, John - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 9, pp. 1-19

Background: This article examines young people's preferences for integrated family planning (FP) and HIV services in rural Malawi. Different hypothetical configurations for outreach services are presented using a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE). Responses are analysed using Random Parameters...

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The Nigeria wealth distribution and health seeking behaviour : evidence from the 2012 national HIV/AIDS and reproductive health survey

Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi F.; Bamgboye, Elijah A.; Yusuf, … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 5, pp. 1-10

in Nigeria collected during the 2012 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey (NARHS Plus 2). We used the …

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Cost analysis of HIV treatment and drug-related adverse events when fixed-dose combinations of antiretrovirals (FDCs) were stopped, versus continuation with FDCs

Homar, Franc; Lozano, Virginia; Marínez-Gómez, Juan; … - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 16, pp. 1-9

Background: The lower sales price of generic lamivudine has caused healthcare administrators to consider abolishing fixed-dose antiretroviral combinations (FDCs) that contain lamivudine and emtricitabine. The alternative is to administer the individual components of the FDCs separately, thus...

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Patient preferences for HIV/AIDS therapy : a discrete choice experiment

Mühlbacher, Axel; Stoll, Matthias; Mahlich, Jörg C.; … - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 14, pp. 1-8

consideration of patient preferences. In the present study, patient preferences regarding treatment of HIV/AIDS were explored using … direct assessment and discrete choice experiment (DCE). Methods: Based on literature research about preferences of HIV/AIDS … patients we conducted a qualitative pre-study. The results were used to compose a questionnaire on relevant aspects of HIV/AIDS …

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Would you test for 5000 Shillings? : HIV risk and willingness to accept HIV testing in Tanzania

Ostermann, Jan; Brown, Derek S.; Mühlbacher, Axel; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 24, pp. 1-11

Objectives: Despite substantial public health efforts to increase HIV testing, testing rates have plateaued in many countries and rates of repeat testing for those with ongoing risk are low. To inform policies aimed at increasing uptake of HIV testing, we identified characteristics associated...

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Explaining external economic support inequality among households affected by HIV/AIDS in Tanzania : an Oaxaca Blinder decomposition analysis

Guets, Wilfried; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Sanni Yaya, Hachimi - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-11

Background: HIV/AIDS remains the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to multiple constraints experienced … external economic support. Previous researchers studied socioeconomic and gender inequality in HIV/AIDS prevalence in sub …-Saharan African countries. However, very few researchers have paid attention to the external economic support for HIV/AIDS affected …

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Economic evaluation of HIV testing options for low-prevalence high-income countries : a systematic review

Medu, Olanrewaju; Lawal, Adegboyega K.; Coyle, Douglas; … - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-11

Introduction: This study reviewed the economic evidence of rapid HIV testing versus conventional HIV testing in low-prevalence high-income countries; evaluated the methodological quality of existing economic evaluations of HIV testing studies; and made recommendations on future economic...

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