Direct costs of hospitalization for rotavirus gastroenteritis in different health facilities in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-73

  Sowmyanarayanan, T V ^a   Patel, Tushar ^b   Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Broor, Shobha ^c   Chitambar, Shobha D ^d   Krishnan, Triveni ^e   Arora, Rashmi ^f   Kang, Gagandeep ^a  

^a Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory   (India)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^f INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Costs; Diarrhoea; Economic burden; India; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84865463256     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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