Costs and cost-effectiveness of pediatric inguinal hernia repair in Uganda

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 343-349

  Eeson, Gareth ^a,b   Birabwa Male, Doreen ^c   Pennington, Mark ^b   Blair, Geoffrey K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; UGANDA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UGANDA;

EID: 84921528642     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2818-2     Document Type: Article

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