Trends in the cost of illness for asthma in the United States, 1985-1994

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 493-499

  Weiss, Kevin B ^a   Sullivan, Sean D ^a   Lyttle, Christopher S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Costs of illness; Epidemiology; Health economics; National Center for Health Statistics

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034501284     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2000.109426     Document Type: Article

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