Cost-Effectiveness of Infant Orthopedic Treatment Regarding Speech in Patients with Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: A Randomized Three-Center Trial in the Netherlands (Dutchcleft)

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Konst, Emmy M ^a   Prahl, Charlotte ^a   Weersink Braks, Hanny ^a   De Boo, Theo ^b   Prahl Andersen, Birte ^c   Kuijpers Jagtman, Anne M ^a   Severens, Johan L ^b,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate; Cost effectiveness analysis; Infant orthopedics; Speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MODIFIED ZURICH APPROACH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; ORTHODONTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SOFT TISSUE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VOICE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHODONTICS, INTERCEPTIVE; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0347724004     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/02-069     Document Type: Article

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