Costs and benefits of neurosurgical intervention for infant hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 509-521

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a   Alkire, Blake C ^a,b   Bhai, Salman ^a   Hughes, Christopher ^a,b   Schiff, Steven J ^c   Vincent, Jeffrey R ^d   Meara, John G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Benefit cost ratio; Choroid plexus cauterization; Disability adjusted life year; Economics; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 80655137829     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.PEDS11163     Document Type: Article

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