Hospital-based study of the economic burden associated with rotavirus diarrhea in Taiwan

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4266-4272

  Chen, Kow Tong ^a   Fan, Shiang Fang ^a   Tang, Ren Bin ^b   Huang, Yung Feng ^c   Lee, Ping Ing ^d   Chen, Po Yen ^e   Tang, Chia Wan ^c   Chen, Hui Chen ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Veteran General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Economic burden; Rotavirus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALARY; TAIWAN; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34247354551     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.02.056     Document Type: Article

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