Short-term cost-effectiveness analysis of presurgical orthopedic treatment in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Severens, Johan L ^a   Prahl, Charlotte ^b   Kuijpers Jagtman, Anne M ^b   Prahl Andersen, Birte ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate; Cost effectiveness analysis; Economic evaluation; Orthodontics; Presurgical orthopedic treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PALATAL OBTURATORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031960896     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1998)035<0222:STCEAO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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