Direct costs of dengue hospitalization in Brazil: public and private health care systems and use of WHO guidelines.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on September 04, 2014

Authors

Alessandra A Vieira Machado1, Anderson Oliveira Estevan1, Antonio Sales2, Kelly Cristina da Silva Brabes3, Júlio Croda1, Fábio Juliano Negrão1

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Health Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
2: Faculty of Math, State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Nova Andradina, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
3: Faculty of Engineering, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

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