The estimated economic burden of genital herpes in the United States. An analysis using two costing approaches

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Szucs, Thomas D ^a   Berger, Karin ^b   Fisman, David N ^c   Harbarth, Stephan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Medical Economics Research Group   (Germany)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; EXPERT WITNESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG COSTS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HERPES GENITALIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942586970     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-1-5     Document Type: Article

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