Economic burden of influenza-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits in Bangladesh during 2010

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 406-413

  Bhuiyan, Mejbah U ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Alamgir, Nadia I ^c   Homaira, Nusrat ^a   Mamun, Abdullah A ^a   Khan, Jahangir A M ^a   Abedin, Jaynal ^a   Sturm Ramirez, Katharine ^a,b   Gurley, Emily S ^a   Zaman, Rashid U ^a,d   Alamgir, Asm ^e   Rahman, Mahmudur ^e   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^b   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

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

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d Oxford Policy Management   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cost; Hospitalization; Influenza; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FOOD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902376385     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12254     Document Type: Article

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