Impact on the direct medical cost related to the influenza virus during 2009 in children under 5 years compared to the period 2006-2008 in a pediatric hospital;Epidemia de influenza del año 2009 en un hospital pediátrico y costos médicos directos en menores de 5 años comparados con el período 2006-2008

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-26

  Giglio, Norberto D ^a   Castellano, Vanesa E ^a   Rüttimann, Ricardo W ^b   Vidal, Gabriela I ^c   Gentile, Ángela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b Fundacion Centro de Estudios Infectologicos   (Argentina)

^c Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Influenza A virus H1N1 subtype

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ARGENTINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856609046     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2012.19     Document Type: Article

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