The cost of outpatient pneumonia in children <5years of age in Fiji

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-203

  Temple, Beth ^a   Griffiths, Ulla Kou ^a   Mulholland, Edward Kim ^a,b   Ratu, Felisita Tupou ^c   Tikoduadua, Lisi ^c   Russell, Fiona Mary ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Cost and cost analysis; Fiji; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PARACETAMOL; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SALBUTAMOL;

AGE STRUCTURE; CHILD HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PERIURBAN AREA; PNEUMONIA; RURAL AREA; STATE ROLE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; FIJI; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC SECTOR; TRANSPORTATION;

FIJI;

EID: 84855975345     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02897.x     Document Type: Article

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