Medical costs of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes: A 10-year follow-up study of National Health Insurance in Shiga, Japan

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2305-2309

  Nakamura, Koshi ^a   Okamura, Tomonori ^a   Kanda, Hideyuki ^b   Hayakawa, Takehito ^c   Okayama, Akira ^d   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hypertension; Japan; Medical costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33750268506     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000249711.28769.80     Document Type: Article

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