Prevalence and Losses in Quality-Adjusted Life Years of Child Health Conditions: A Burden of Disease Analysis

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 862-869

  Craig, Benjamin M ^a,b   Hartman, John D ^a,b   Owens, Michelle A ^a   Brown, Derek S ^c  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Children with special health care needs; Health preference; Quality adjusted life years

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961159601     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1874-z     Document Type: Article

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