Direct health care costs of children and adolescents with Down syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-545

  Geelhoed, Elizabeth A ^a   Bebbington, Ami ^b   Bower, Carol ^b   Deshpande, Aditya ^b   Leonard, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CHD; Congenital heart disease; WA; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPITE CARE; SPEECH THERAPY; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052793163     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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