Costs and quality of life of multiple sclerosis in Austria

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Kobelt, Gisela ^a,b   Berg, Jenny ^c   Lindgren, Peter ^c   Baumhackl, Ulf ^d   Berger, Thomas ^e   Kolleger, Harald ^f   Vass, Karl ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b European Health Economics ^*  (France)

^c STOCKHOLM HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Costs; Multiple sclerosis; Quality of life; Utility

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847265753     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0382-x     Document Type: Article

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