Costing of severe pneumonia in hospitalized infants and children aged 2-36 months, at a secondary and tertiary level hospital of a not-for-profit organization

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1315-1322

  Madsen, Helle Ostergaard ^a   Hanehøj, Malin ^a   Das, Ashima Rani ^b   Moses, Prabhakar D ^b   Rose, Winsley ^b   Puliyel, Mammen ^b   Konradsen, Flemming ^a   John, K R ^b   Bose, Anuradha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood; Costing; Infants; Secondary level; Severe pneumonia; Tertiary level

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COST; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFANT MORTALITY; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEBULIZATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; VELLORE;

EID: 70349231128     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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