The economy-wide impact of pandemic influenza on the UK: A computable general equilibrium modelling experiment

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7733, 2009, Pages 1298-

  Smith, Richard D ^a   Keogh Brown, Marcus R ^a   Barnett, Tony ^a,b   Tait, Joyce ^c  

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

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSENTEEISM; COMMERCE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINATION;

EID: 71749084118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4571     Document Type: Article

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