The cost of treating paediatric malaria admissions and the potential impact of insecticide-treated mosquito nets on hospital expenditure

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-150

  Kirigia, J M ^a   Snow, R W ^b,c   Fox Rushby, J ^d   Mills, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost; Hospital expenditure; Insecticide treated mosquito nets; Kenya; Malaria

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; SEIZURE;

ANEMIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PATIENT ADMISSION; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031915946     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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