Treatment cost of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 576-591

  Niederman, Michael S ^a   McCombs, Jeffrey S ^b   Unger, Alan N ^c   Kumar, Amit ^c   Popovian, Robert ^d  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; Claims database research; Cost of treatment; Economic evaluation; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT;

EID: 0032918897     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(00)88310-1     Document Type: Article

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