Resource analysis of tonsillectomy in children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1223-1228

  Shah, Udayan K ^a,b   Theroux, Zachary ^a   Shah, Gopi B ^b   Parkes, William J ^b   Schuck, Christine ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost containment; medical economics; sleep apnea; tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY MICRODEBRIDER; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COST CONTAINMENT; MEDICAL ECONOMICS; SLEEP APNEA; TONSILLITIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899453300     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24388     Document Type: Article

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