Urinary incontinence in women: Direct costs of routine care

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 596.e1-596.e9

  Subak, Leslee ^a   Van Den Eeden, Stephen ^b   Thom, David ^a   Creasman, Jennifer M ^a   Brown, Jeanette S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; female; stress incontinence; urge incontinence; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 36448966455     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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