Cost-effectiveness of childhood rotavirus vaccination in Taiwan

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1492-1499

  Wu, Chia Ling ^a   Yang, Yi Ching ^a   Huang, Li Min ^b   Chen, Kow Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Disease burden; Economic burden; Rotavirus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; TAIWAN; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 60349117750     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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