A cost utility analysis of the right method for screening hemoglobin E among Thai pregnant women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 88-90

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cost utility; Hemoglobin E; Pregnancy; Screening; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E;

ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICS; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

EID: 33645962784     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0134-2     Document Type: Article

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