Economic burden of dengue infections in India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 570-577

  Garg, Pankaj ^a,b   Nagpal, Jitender ^b   Khairnar, Prakash ^c   Seneviratne, Suranjith L ^d  

^a Central Hospital and Research Centre ^*  (India)

^b SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c ARTEMIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Dengue; Economic burden; Healthcare costs; India

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 43449119806     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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