Estimates of economic burden of providing inpatient care in childhood rotavirus gastroenteritis from Malaysia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 818-825

  Lee, Way Seah ^a,b   Poo, Muhammad Izzuddin ^b   Nagaraj, Shyamala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Malaysia; Rotavirus disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS;

CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 36349034546     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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