Cost-effectiveness of ritodrine and fenoterol for treatment of preterm labor in a low-middle-income country: A case study

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Jakovljevic, Mihajlo ^a   Varjacic, Mirjana ^a   Jankovic, Slobodan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Preterm labor; Tocolytics; mimetic

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FENOTEROL; RITODRINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND PALM; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEARTBURN; HEAT SENSATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LABOR INDUCTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 41549153771     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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