Management of childhood urinary tract infections: An economic modeling study

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 466-472

  Harmsen, Mirjam ^a   Adang, Eddy M M ^a   Wolters, René J ^a   Van Der Wouden, Johannes C ^b   Grol, Richard P T M ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Economic analysis; Literature review; Renal failure; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIC MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SCAR; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 66249086538     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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