Costs and performance of early hearing detection programmes in Lagos, Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-186

  Olusanya, B O ^a,b   Emokpae, A ^c   Renner, J K ^d   Wirz, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Massey Street Children Hospital   (Nigeria)

^d LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Early diagnosis; Hearing loss; Immunisation; Neonatal screening; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCREENING;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NIGERIA;

EID: 58149469926     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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