Cost of treating inpatient falciparum malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kyaw, Shwe Sin ^a   Drake, Tom ^a,b   Ruangveerayuth, Ronatrai ^c   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b   Newton, Paul N ^a,b   Lubell, Yoel ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Cost; Malaria; Quinine; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; INFUSION FLUID; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG COST; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPARASITEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MYANMAR; PARASITEMIA; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; COST; ECONOMICS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MYANMAR; QUININE; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988728336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-416     Document Type: Article

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