Inflammatory bowel diseases: Health care and costs in Sweden in 1994

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1134-1139

  Blomqvist, P ^a   Ekbom, A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Crohn's disease; Health care use; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030730033     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529709002993     Document Type: Article

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