Prevalence and cost of musculoskeletal disorders: A population-based, public hospital system healthcare consumption approach

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2466-2475

  Osborne, Richard H ^a   Nikpour, Mandana ^b   Busija, Lucy ^a   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^a,c   Wicks, Ian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Cost of illness; Healthcare costs; Musculoskeletal diseases; Orthopedics; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST OF ILLNESS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSTETRICS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

COST ALLOCATION; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VICTORIA;

EID: 36849082095     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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