Healthcare expenditures for sinusitis in 1996: Contributions of asthma, rhinitis, and other airway disorders

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 408-414

  Ray, Nancy F ^a,e   Baraniuk, James N ^b   Thamer, Mae ^a,f   Rinehart, Cheryl S ^a,g   Gergen, Peter J ^c   Kaliner, Michael ^d   Josephs, Shelby ^b   Pung, Yung Hao ^b  

^a Medical Technology & Practice Patterns Institute   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Medicare Payment Advisory Commission   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Cost of illness; Health care expenditures; Otitis media; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; NASAL POLYPS; OTITIS MEDIA; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033017152     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70464-1     Document Type: Article

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