Cost-effectiveness of selected interventions for hearing impairment in Africa and Asia: A mathematical modelling approach

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-158

  Baltussen, Rob ^a   Smith, A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Costs; Deafness; Economic analysis; Hearing impairment; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEARING LOSS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449108289     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020802538081     Document Type: Article

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