Costs of professional care and informal help of severely disabled multiple sclerosis patients in Flanders (Belgium)

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 239-259

  Carton, H ^a   Loos, R ^b   Pacolet, J ^c   Versieck, K ^c   Vlietinck, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health care cost; Multiple sclerosis; Severe disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008224267     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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