Estimates of the cost-effectiveness of pediatric bilateral cochlear implantation

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-624

  Summerfield, Arthur Quentin ^a   Lovett, Rosemary E S ^a   Bellenger, Hannah ^a   Batten, Georgina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEAFNESS; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALES;

EID: 77956425537     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181de40cd     Document Type: Article

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