Cost analysis of care for children admitted to kenyatta national hospital with rotavirus gastroenteritis

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4019-4024

  Osano, Boniface Ombaba ^a   Wang'ombe, Joseph K ^b   Kamenwa, Rose W ^c   Wamalwa, Dalton ^b  

^a Murang'a District Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cost; Kenya; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955660414     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.03.053     Document Type: Article

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