Estimated net saving to society from cochlear implantation in infants: A preliminary analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2455-2460

  Colletti, Liliana ^a   Mandalà, Marco ^a   Shannon, Robert V ^b   Colletti, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cost analysis; infant; Level of Evidence: 2b; Very early cochlear implantation; vocabulary development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST REVISED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 80055059801     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22131     Document Type: Article

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