Perspectives in multiple sclerosis health care: Special focus on the costs of multiple sclerosis

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 511-516

  Rotstein, Zeev ^a   Hazan, Rivka ^a   Barak, Yoram ^a   Achiron, Anat ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost; Economic burden; Health care service; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; ISRAEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ISRAEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33749245658     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2006.02.001     Document Type: Review

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