Measuring the Indirect and Direct Costs of Acute Otitis Media

Measuring the indirect and direct costs of acute otitis media.

OBJECTIVES To test a method of measuring the related cost of acute otitis media (AOM) and to provide a preliminary calculation of the indirect and directs costs associated with a single, medically treated episode of AOM. DESIGN The Otitis Media Diary was used to measure indirect and direct costs associated with AOM in a prospective cohort study. Measured values included the parental time spen...

household health costs: direct, indirect and intangible.

this study aimed at identifying components of the household health costs.this study was a qualitative research conducted in two main phases. the first phase consisted of interviews with sample households selected in eight provinces of iran. they were to identify components of the household health costs. in the second phase, components were determined as direct, indirect and intangible based on ...

Acute Otitis Media

Economic burden of smoking: a systematic review of direct and indirect costs

  Background: Smoking imposes considerably high economic costs both on the healthcare system as well as on a country as a whole. This study was aimed at systematically reviewing the currently published literature on the direct and indirect costs associated with smoking globally.    Methods: A systematic review was performed on systematically searched articles from PubMed ...

Distinguishing Acute Otitis Media From Otitis Media With Effusion