Costs of hearing aid rehabilitation in two finnish hearing centres

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 236-240

  Vuorialho, Arja ^a   Sorri, Martti ^b   Nuojua, Irja ^c  

^a KAINUU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Economics; Expenses; Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING AID; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MYRINGOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

EID: 11144246065     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860410000393     Document Type: Article

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