Variability of adenoidectomy/tonsillectomy rates among children of the Veneto Region, Italy

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Marchesan, Maria ^a   Avossa, Francesco ^a   Zambon, Francesco ^a   Andretta, Marilisa ^b   Baussano, Iacopo ^c,d   Spolaore, Paolo ^a  

^a SER Epidemiological Department   (Italy)

^b Azienda ULSS 8   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CPO Piemonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 61449208224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-25     Document Type: Review

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