A cost-utility analysis of neonatal circumcision

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 584-601

  Van Howe, Robert S ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Circumcision complications; Cost utility analysis; Penile cancer; Phimosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BALANITIS; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CIRCUMCISION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBSERVATION; PENIS CARCINOMA; PHIMOSIS; PROBABILITY; PYODERMA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WELLBEING;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 8744244244     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X04271039     Document Type: Review

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