Costs and cost-effectiveness analysis of treatment in children with eczema by nurse practitioner vs. dermatologist: Results of a randomized, controlled trial and a review of international costs

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 600-611

  Schuttelaar, M L A ^a   Vermeulen, K M ^a   Coenraads, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDREN'S DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; CLIENT SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGIST; DRUG COST; ECZEMA; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANTS DERMATITIS QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 80052236777     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10470.x     Document Type: Article

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