The Clinical Characteristics and Direct Medical Cost of Influenza in Hospitalized Children: A Five-Year Retrospective Study in Suzhou, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Tao ^a   Zhu, Qiuli ^a   Zhang, Xuelan ^b   Ding, Yunfang ^b   Steinhoff, Mark ^c   Black, Steven ^c   Zhao, Genming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCOME; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK POPULATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SUMMER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866027646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044391     Document Type: Article

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