The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cochlear implants for severe to profound deafness in children and adults: A systematic review and economic model

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 44, 2009, Pages

  Bond, M ^a   Mealing, S ^a   Anderson, R ^a   Elston, J ^a   Weiner, G ^b   Taylor, R S ^a   Hoyle, M ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Price, A ^c   Stein, K ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449553518     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta13440     Document Type: Review

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