Direct non-medical and indirect costs for families with children with congenital cardiac defects in Germany: A survey from a university centre

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-185

  Gerber, Andreas U ^a   Torre, Agnieszka Hompanera ^a   Bscher, Guido ^a   Stock, Stephanie A K ^a   Graf, Christine ^b   Schickendantz, Sabine ^c   Brockmeier, Konrad ^c   Lngen, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiac disease; Costs; Inborn cardiac defect; Lost productivity; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT NONMEDICAL COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIRECT NONMEDICAL COST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77953590565     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109991995     Document Type: Article

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