Valuing children's health: A comparison of cost-utility analyses for adult and paediatric health interventions in the US

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 817-828

  Ladapo, Joseph A ^a   Neumann, Peter J ^b   Keren, Ron ^c,d   Prosser, Lisa A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748921864     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200725100-00002     Document Type: Review

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