Influenza-like-illness and clinically diagnosed flu: Disease burden, costs and quality of life for patients seeking ambulatory care or no professional care at all

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Bilcke, Joke ^a   Coenen, Samuel ^a   Beutels, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; BELGIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BELGIUM; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904479730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102634     Document Type: Article

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