How good are US studies of HIV costs of care?

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 748-759

  Rabeneck, Linda ^a,b   Menke, Terri ^a   Wray, Nelda P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cost of illness; Costs and cost analysis; Health care costs; HIV infection

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033174829     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199908000-00005     Document Type: Article

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