The utilization of health care services by children with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in the Western Cape, South Africa

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-182

  Credé, Sarah ^a   Sinanovic, Edina ^a   Adnams, Colleen ^a   London, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cost; Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; Partial Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; South Africa; Western Cape

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTIAL FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955785250     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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