Journal article
The economic evaluation of human papillomavirus vaccination strategies against cervical cancer in women in Lao PDR: a mathematical modelling approach.
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Background
Cervical cancer, a preventable disease, is the third leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Since many cervical cancers are linked to human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, vaccination against this virus may lead to a reduction in these types of cancer. The study described here is the first to compare the cost-effectiveness of different HPV vaccination options in Lao PDR.
Methods
A dynamic comp...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Funding
Global Health Research Capacity Strengthening Programme
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Francophone University Association
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMC Health Services Research Journal website
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 418
- Publication date:
- 2016-08-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-08-12
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1472-6963
- Pmid:
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27549921
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:640617
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uuid:a9abf66e-85bf-4b91-90ed-f41ec84aed72
- Local pid:
- pubs:640617
- Source identifiers:
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640617
- Deposit date:
- 2017-10-17
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- Copyright holder:
- White et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © 2016 The Author(s). Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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