Out-of-pocket costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Chai, P F ^a   Lee, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Out of pocket cost; Rotavirus hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALAYSIA; MALE; OUT OF POCKET COST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 71649097589     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.08.069     Document Type: Article

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