The economic cost of otitis media in Canada

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-36

  Coyte, Peter C ^a,b,c,d   Asche, Carl V ^a,e,f   Elden, Lisa M ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cost of illness; Health care costs; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 0033564531     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(99)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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