| dc.creator | Nelson, E.A.S | |
| dc.creator | Weikert, M. | |
| dc.creator | Phillips, J.A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-14T14:03:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T10:56:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-14T14:03:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-12-08T10:56:02Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2015-09-14T14:03:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995-05 | |
| dc.identifier | Weikert, M., Nelson, E.A.S. and Phillips, J.A. (1995) Paediatric treatment costs and the HIV epidemic. The Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) , vol. 41, no.5, (pp. 139-144). UZ, Avondale, Harare: Faculty of Medicine (UZ). | |
| dc.identifier | 0008-9176 | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/7012 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10646/2458 | |
| dc.description.abstract | As the AIDS epidemic puts additional strains on the already overburdened health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa, it becomes more important to estimate the cost of the epidemic in terms of health personnel and drug treatments. A retrospective review of 250 randomly selected paediatric admissions to a referral hospital in Malawi was undertaken. Groupings of “pos- sible/probable AIDS” and “probably not AIDS” were used in a comparative analysis of treatment costs. Estimated costs of treatments were significantly lower than those calculated in a study from Zimbabwe using different methodology. Meningitis was the most expensive condition to treat and accounted for a greater percentage of overall cost than either acute respiratory infection, diarihoeal disease or measles. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.) | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | |
| dc.subject | Children and Youth | |
| dc.subject | Health | |
| dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | |
| dc.title | Paediatric treatment costs and the HIV epidemic | |
| dc.type | Article | |
