The cost-savings of implementing kangaroo mother care in Nicaragua

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 176-182

  Broughton, Edward I ^a   Gomez, Ivonne ^a   Sanchez, Nieves ^b   Vindell, Concepción ^b  

^a University Research Co   (Nicaragua)

^b Hospital Bertha Calderón Roque   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Child development; Nicaragua; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GUIDELINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

NICARAGUA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY WEIGHT; BOOK; BREAST FEEDING; COST CONTROL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; KANGAROO CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NICARAGUA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREMATURITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COST SAVINGS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; NICARAGUA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84887971986     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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