Socio-Economic Burden of Influenza among Children Younger than 5 Years in the Outpatient Setting in Suzhou, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Dan ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Jiang, Yanwei ^a   Ding, Yunfang ^b   Hua, Jun ^b   Li, Ying ^b   Zhang, Jun ^c   Chen, Liling ^c   Feng, Zijian ^d   Iuliano, Danielle ^e   McFarland, Jeffrey ^e   Zhao, Genming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Suzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC BURDEN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881365587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069035     Document Type: Article

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