Evaluating the costs of pneumococcal disease in selected Latin American countries

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-278

  Constenla, Dagna ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Costs and cost analysis; Latin America; Otitis media; Pneumococcal meningitis; Pneumonia; Regression analysis; Streptococcus pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 37649015743     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892007000900007     Document Type: Article

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