| Title |
Cost Drivers for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Using Primary Source Data from Sub-Saharan Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0084701 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lori Bollinger, Adebiyi Adesina, Steven Forsythe, Ramona Godbole, Elan Reuben, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli |
| Abstract |
As voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs scale up, there is a pressing need for information about the important cost drivers, and potential efficiency gains. We examine those cost drivers here, and estimate the potential efficiency gains through an econometric model. |
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| United States | 2 | 14% |
| South Africa | 2 | 14% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 7% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| Lesotho | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 43% |
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| Members of the public | 12 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
| Scientists | 1 | 7% |
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| Ethiopia | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 96% |
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| Student > Master | 18 | 34% |
| Researcher | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 9% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 19% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 8 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 11% |
| Psychology | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 19% |