The opportunity costs of screening children for asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 651-652

  McElligott, Sean ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; cost effectiveness; screening

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST;

ASTHMA; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 77649241978     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.01.029     Document Type: Editorial

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