Predicting factors associated with costs of diabetic patients in Taiwan

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Lin, Tsann ^a,b,e   Chou, Pesus ^a   Tsai, Shih Tzer ^c   Lee, Yu Chun ^a   Tai, Tong Yuan ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Costs; Diabetes; Predicting factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0346040235     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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