Moving beyond GDP: Cost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Latin America

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1040-1048

  Emmett, Susan D ^a,b   Tucci, Debara L ^c   Bento, Ricardo F ^d   Garcia, Juan M ^e,f   Juman, Solaiman ^g   Chiossone Kerdel, Juan A ^h   Liu, Ta J ^i,j   De Muñoz, Patricia Castellanos ^k   Ullauri, Alejandra ^l   Letort, Jose J ^m   Mansilla, Teresita ^i,j   Urquijo, Diana P ^f   Aparicio, Maria L ^e   Gong, Wenfeng ^b   Francis, Howard W ^a   Saunders, James E ⁿ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Department of Radiotherapy   (Colombia)

^f Department of Orthopaedics   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^h Venezuelan Foundation of Otology   (Venezuela)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^j UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^k CEDAF   (Guatemala)

^l Chicago Hearing Care   (United States)

^m Otolaryngology Center   (Ecuador)

ⁿ DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Cost effectiveness; DALY; Deaf education; Hearing loss; Latin America; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEAFNESS; ECONOMICS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEAFNESS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84983350852     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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