Head lice treatments and school policies in the us in an era of emerging resistance: A cost-effectiveness analysis

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 725-734

  Gur, Itzhak ^a,b,c   Schneeweiss, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALATHION; PERMETHRIN;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PEDICULUS; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALATHION; PEDICULUS; PERMETHRIN; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349272852     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11313740-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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