The burden and cost of ambulatory cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis in central Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-171

  Stein, Michal ^a,b   Roisin, Hector ^c   Morag, Binyamin ^c   Ringel, Sigal ^c   Tasher, Diana ^a   Vohl, Maya ^c   Mizrahi, Avraham ^c   Raz, Meir ^c   Somekh, Eli ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambulatory patients; Burden; Cost; Gastroenteritis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAPERS, INFANT; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DRUG COSTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FECES; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; ISRAEL; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VOMITING;

EID: 77950169270     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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