Direct Medical Cost of Influenza-Related Hospitalizations among Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Cases in Three Provinces in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Lei ^a   Situ, Sujian ^b   Huang, Ting ^c   Hu, Shixiong ^d   Wang, Xianjun ^e   Zhu, Xiaoping ^c   Gao, Lidong ^d   Li, Zhong ^e   Feng, Ao ^a   Jin, Hui ^f   Wang, Shiyuan ^f   Su, Qiru ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Feng, Zijian ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84878085912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063788     Document Type: Article

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