Hearing-impaired children in the United Kingdom, III: Cochlear implantation and the economic costs incurred by families

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-574

  Barton, Garry R ^a,b   Fortnum, Heather M ^a,b   Stacey, Paula C ^a,c   Summerfield, A Quentin ^a,c  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748537051     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000233915.17272.61     Document Type: Article

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