Expenditure on health care incurred by diabetic subjects in a developing country - A study from southern India

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-42

  Shobhana, R ^a   Rama Rao, P ^a   Lavanya, A ^a   Williams, R ^b   Vijay, V ^a   Ramachandran, A ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing country; Diabetes health care; Direct costs; Economic burden; Expenses by patients; Health economics; India

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034001044     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(99)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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