Children with febrile seizures do not consume excess health care resources

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 594-597

  Gordon, Kevin E ^a,b   Camfield, Peter R ^a   Camfield, Carol S ^a   Dooley, Joseph M ^a   Bethune, Peggy ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0034041955     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.154.6.594     Document Type: Article

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