Health Services Utilization, Work Absenteeism and Costs of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Spain: A Multicenter-Longitudinal Study

Mariana Galante; Olatz Garin; Elisa Sicuri; Francesc Cots; Anna García-Altés; Montserrat Ferrer; Àngela Dominguez; Jordi Alonso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031696

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Health Services Utilization, Work Absenteeism and Costs of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Spain: A Multicenter-Longitudinal Study

Mariana Galante,

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Health Services Research Group, IMIM-Research Institute Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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Olatz Garin,

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Health Services Research Group, IMIM-Research Institute Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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Elisa Sicuri,

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Francesc Cots,

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Epidemiology and Evaluation Department, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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Anna García-Altés,

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality (CAHIAQ), Barcelona, Spain
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Montserrat Ferrer,

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Health Services Research Group, IMIM-Research Institute Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Àngela Dominguez,

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Department of Public Health, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Alonso

* E-mail: jalonso@imim.es

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Health Services Research Group, IMIM-Research Institute Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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Health Services Utilization, Work Absenteeism and Costs of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Spain: A Multicenter-Longitudinal Study

Mariana Galante,
Olatz Garin,
Elisa Sicuri,
Francesc Cots,
Anna García-Altés,
Montserrat Ferrer,
Àngela Dominguez,
Jordi Alonso

Published: February 14, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031696

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Health Services Utilization, Work Absenteeism and Costs of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Spain: A Multicenter-Longitudinal Study

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