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The cost of treating paediatric malaria admissions and the potential impact of insecticide‐treated mosquito nets on hospital expenditure
Author(s) -
Kirigia J. M.,
Snow R. W.,
Snow R. W.,
FoxRushby J.,
Mills A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00204.x
Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , cerebral malaria , pediatrics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , environmental health , plasmodium falciparum , immunology
To calculate the costs at Kilifi District Hospital (KDH) and Malindi Sub-district Hospital (MSH) of treating paediatric malaria admissions including three common presentations of severe paediatric malaria, i.e. cerebral malaria, severe malaria anaemia and malaria-associated seizures; and to estimate the implications for hospital expenditure of a reduction in paediatric malaria admissions.