Potential Impact of Task-Shifting on Costs of Antiretroviral Therapy and Physician Supply in Uganda


 
Language:

English

Author:

Babigumira JB et al.

Series/Journal Title:

BMC Health Services Research

Volume:

9

Issue:

192

Pages:

23

Description:

Lower-income countries face severe health worker shortages. Recent evidence suggests that this problem can be mitigated by task-shifting or delegation of aspects of health care to less specialized health workers. We estimated the potential impact of task shifting on costs of antiretroviral therapy and physician supply in Uganda. [from abstract]

Subject

Geographic Focus

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