Establishing a cost estimation model for hypertension and its related diseases in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 394-402

  Yang, Ming Chin ^a   Huang, I Chan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economic cost; Hypertension; Policy making; Population attributable risk proportion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032792281     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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