The Unforeseen Toll of Birth Defects and their Economic Burden at a Tertiary Care Public Institute in Mumbai

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1005-1009

  Muranjan, Mamta ^a,b   Vijayalakshmi, P ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Congenital malformations; Health expenditure; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SKIN DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84919634829     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-014-1363-1     Document Type: Article

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