A pilot study of expenditures on, and utilization of resources in, health care in adults with congenital heart disease

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-313

  Moons, Philip ^a   Siebens, Kaat ^a   De Geest, Sabina ^a   Abraham, Ivo ^a,b   Budts, Werner ^c   Gewillig, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Epsilon Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Grown up congenital heart disease; Health services research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BELGIUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035350402     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951101000336     Document Type: Article

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