Impact of successful treatment of overactive bladder on health care resource use and productivity

Drug Benefit Trends

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 244-255

  Bolge, Susan C ^a   Cerulli, Annamaria ^b   Kahler, Kristijan H ^b   Gause, Douglas ^b  

^a Consumer Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care resource utilization; Overactive bladder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CYSTOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMPLOYMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PRESCRIPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SKIN INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33750826015     PISSN: 10805826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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