An economic evaluation of screening 60-to 70-year-old adults for hearing loss

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-146

  Morris, A E ^a   Lutman, M E ^b   Cook, A J ^b   Turner, D ^b  

^a Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; ear disorders; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874762743     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds058     Document Type: Article

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