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Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Otorhinolaryngology, Tonsillectomy, tonsillitis, cost of illness, health care costs, costs and cost analysis, ADENOTONSILLECTOMY, Absenteeism, Adolescent, Adult, Belgium, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Cost of Illness, Female, Health Care Costs, Humans, Infant, Male, Parents, Tonsillitis

Abstract:

Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in children; its main indications are recurrent episodes of acute tonsillitis and adenotonsillar hypertrophy. The effectiveness of tonsillectomy for severe recurrent tonsillitis is generally accepted; however its socio-economic cost is less well investigated. This study aims to determine and compare the societal cost of a tonsillectomy and a severe throat infection.