Cost of diabetes care in out-patient clinics of Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Khowaja, Liaquat A ^a   Khuwaja, Ali K ^a,b   Cosgrove, Peter ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 38349082382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-189     Document Type: Article

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