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Comparing alternative measures of household income: evidence from the Khayelitsha/Mitchell's plain survey

Author: Skordis, Jolene ; Welch, Matthew Date: 2004 Household income is widely used for economic and sociological analysis, yet little emphasis has been placed on the optimal way to gather household income data. The Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain Survey provides a unique opportunity to explore ... Read more
Economic evaluation of health care : cautions for the developing country context

Author: Skordis, Jolene Date: 2002 Health economics has expanded enormously as a sub-discipline in the last four decades, drawing primarily on the theoretical foundations of welfare economics. The toolkit for the economic evaluation of health care now extends from the humble ... Read more
Exploring the costs of a limited public sector antiretroviral treatment programme in South Africa

Author: Boulle, Andrew ; Kenyon, Christopher ; Skordis, Jolene ; Wood, Robin Date: 2002 Background: The role of antiretroviral treatment for adults in the pubic sector in South Africa is debated with little consideration of programme choices that could impact on the cost-effectiveness of the intervention. This study seeks to ... Read more
Paying to waste lives: the affordability of reducing mother-to-child transmission

Author: Skordis, Jolene ; Nattrass, Nicoli Date: 2001 It is estimated that each HIV-positive child in South Africa costs the government more in terms of health and welfare expenses than it does to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV through the use of antiretroviral regimens (where ... Read more c b n d
Paying to waste lives: the affordability of reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

Author: Skordis, Jolene ; Nattrass, Nicoli Date: 2002 It is estimated that each HIV-positive child in South Africa costs the government more in terms of health and welfare expenses than it does to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV through the use of antiretroviral regimens (where ... Read more
The ART of rationing - the need for a new approach to rationing health interventions

Author: Kenyon, Christopher ; Skordis, Jolene ; Boulle, Andrew ; Pillay, Karrisha Date: 2003 A key element in dealing with HIV/AIDS in South Africa depends on the resolution of the antiretroviral therapy (ART) paradox: while a universal First-World-style ART programme is unaffordable, a rationed treatment programme that includes ART ... Read more