Excess healthcare burden during 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in Taiwan: Implications for post-pandemic preparedness

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   Chan, Chi Ho ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OUTPATIENTS; PANDEMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 78651386687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-41     Document Type: Article

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