Incidence and economic burden of acute otitis media in children aged up to 5 years in three Middle Eastern countries and Pakistan: A multinational, retrospective, observational study

• Main Authors: Ghulam Mustafa (Author), Amal Y. Al Aidaroos (Author), Idris S. Al Abaidani (Author), Kinga Meszaros (Author), Kusuma Gopala (Author), Mehmet Ceyhan (Author), Mohamad Al-Tannir (Author), Rodrigo DeAntonio (Author), Shyam Bawikar (Author), Johannes E. Schmidt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epidemiological data on acute otitis media (AOM), an infectious disease frequently affecting children, are lacking in some countries. This study was undertaken to assess the incidence of AOM in children ≤5 years in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, and Turkey, as well as the economic burden from a paren...