Cost-of-lllness studies of stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 258-263

  Porsdal, Vibeke ^a   Boysen, Gudrun ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Cost of illness; Economics; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030761451     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108204     Document Type: Article

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