The cost of being a woman. A National Study of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific Conditions

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Kjerulff, Kristen H ^a   Frick, Kevin D ^b   Rhoades, Jeffrey A ^c   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33847147661     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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