Cost of neonatal intensive care delivered through district level public Hospitals in India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 839-846

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Manchanda, Neha ^a   Mohan, Pavitra ^b   Gupta, Gagan ^c   Sethy, Ghanashyam ^c   Sen, Ashish ^c   Van Den Hombergh, Henri ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b WHO Country Office   (India)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Costing; Economic evaluation; Neonatal intensive care; SCNU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PEDIATRIC WARD; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL;

EID: 84885927014     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-013-0234-6     Document Type: Article

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