Economic aspects of pain therapy;Ökonomische Aspekte der Schmerztherapie

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-69

  Strumpf, Michael ^a,b   Willweber Strumpf, Anne ^a   Zenz, Michael ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cost benefit; Cost effectiveness; Direct cost; Economic impact; Indirect cost

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PAIN; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 0031627303     PISSN: 14317621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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