Cost of inpatient care for HIV-positive patients at Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

Volumn , Issue 17, 2004, Pages 32-40

  Yengopal, V ^a   Naidoo, Sudeshni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DISEASE; THRUSH; TUBERCULOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; VOMITING;

EID: 12744278267     PISSN: 16089693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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