Treatment costs of pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis, and other diseases among hospitalized children in Viet Nam

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 436-442

  Anh, Dang Duc ^a   Riewpaiboon, Arthorn ^b   Tho, Le Huu ^c   Kim, Soon Ae ^d   Nyambat, Batmunkh ^d   Kilgore, Paul ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Khanh Hoa Provincial Public Health Service   (Viet Nam)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Healthcare costs; Meningitis; Pneumococcal diseases; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Viet nam

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 78349245144     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i5.6151     Document Type: Article

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