Pediatric meningococcocal meningitis in the acute phase: how much does it cost?

• Main Authors: Elena Bozzola (Author), Stefano Guolo (Author), Enea Bonci (Author), Chiara Rossetti (Author), Mauro Bozzola (Author), Massimiliano Raponi (Author), Alberto Villani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Meningococcal meningitis (MM) is known to be responsible of high cost for the Public Health Administration. Aim of the work is to calculate the costs for the hospitalization of pediatric patients affected by MM. Methods We calculate the costs for the hospitalization of pediatric...