A comprehensive assessment of the cost of multiple sclerosis in the United States

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 419-425

  Whetten Goldstein, Kathryn ^a   Sloan, Frank A ^a,b   Goldstein, Larry B ^a,c   Kulas, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Earnings loss; Informal core; Insurance; Multiple sclerosis; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031792664     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245898678919401     Document Type: Article

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