The economic burden of treating neonates in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in Greece

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Geitona, Mary ^a   Hatzikou, Magdalini ^a   Hatzistamatiou, Zoi ^b   Anastasiadou, Aggeliki ^b   Theodoratou, Theodora D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Boehringer Ingelhmeim Hellas ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRUG COST; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNDING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547760344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-5-9     Document Type: Article

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