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Original Article

Health service costs of paediatric cochlear implantation: influence of the scale and scope of activity

Garry R. Barton MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
,
Karen E. Bloor Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
,
David H. Marshall MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
&
A. Quentin Summerfield Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Pages 369-376 | Received 19 Feb 2003, Accepted 10 Jul 2003, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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