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ArticleHealth care management science2012

Assessing the efficiency of mother-to-child HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries using data envelopment analysis.

Sérgio P Santos, Carla A E Amado, Mauro F Santos

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Article in Health care management science, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sérgio P SantosFaculty of Economics, University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. ssantos@ualg.pt
Carla A E Amado
Mauro F Santos
University of Algarve · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AIDS is one of the most significant health care problems worldwide. Due to the difficulty and costs involved in treating HIV, preventing infection is of paramount importance in controlling the AIDS epidemic. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to establish international comparisons on the efficiency of implementation of HIV prevention programmes. To do this we use data from 52 low- and middle-income countries regarding the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Our results indicate that there is a remarkable variation in the efficiency of prevention services across nations, suggesting that a better use of resources could lead to more and improved services, and ultimately, prevent the infection of thousands of children. These results also demonstrate the potential strategic role of DEA for the efficient and effective planning of scarce resources to fight the epidemic.

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Developing CountriesAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAnti-Retroviral AgentsBreast FeedingCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHealth BehaviorHIV InfectionsHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPerinatal CarePregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousAnti-Retroviral Agents

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PMID22354634
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