The economic costs of congenital bilateral permanent childhood hearing impairment

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1101-1112

  Schroeder, Liz ^a   Petrou, Stavros ^a   Kennedy, Colin ^b   McCann, Donna ^b   Law, Catherine ^c   Watkin, Peter M ^d   Worsfold, Sarah ^b   Ho, Ming Yuen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Permanent childhood hearing impairment; Universal neonatal screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646338200     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1335     Document Type: Article

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