The economic impact of chronic prostatitis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1231-1236

  Calhoun, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042642166     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.11.1231     Document Type: Article

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