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Are vaccination programmes delivered by lay health workers cost-effective? A systematic review

Adrijana Corluka1*, Damian G Walker1, Simon Lewin3,2, Claire Glenton4 and Inger B Scheel4

Author Affiliations

1 Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore MD 21205, USA

2 Preventive and International Health Care Unit, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

3 Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, South Africa

4 Department of Global Health and Welfare, SINTEF Technology and Society, Oslo, Norway

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Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:81 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-7-81

Published: 3 November 2009

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Additional file 1:

Medline search strategy. The data provided represent the search terms used in searching for studies in the Medline database.

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Additional file 2:

Background characteristics of additional costing studies. The data provided represent in tabular form the background characteristics, such as area studied and vaccines used, of studies using LHWs for vaccine delivery and including some costs, but not meeting the criteria of cost-effectiveness analyses.

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Brief descriptions of included cost studies. The data provided represent brief descriptions of the costing studies which did not meet the criteria for inclusion as cost-effectiveness studies.

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