Why health care costs more in the US: Comparing health care expenditures between systemic lupus erythematosus patients in Stanford and Montreal

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 979-987

  Gironimi, Gail ^a   Clarke, Ann E ^b,c   Hamilton, Vivian H ^b   Danoff, Deborah S ^b   Bloch, Daniel A ^a   Fries, James F ^a   Esdaile, John M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; QUEBEC;

EID: 0029897563     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390615     Document Type: Article

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