Routine Paediatric Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Outpatient Care in a Rural Kenyan Hospital: Utilization and Costs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Amendah, Djesika D ^a   Mukamah, George ^b   Komba, Albert ^b   Ndila, Carolyne ^b   Williams, Thomas N ^b,c,d,e  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Global Network for Sickle Cell Disease   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876062205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061130     Document Type: Article

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