"The Laundry Bag Project" - Unequal distribution of dermatological healthcare resources for male and female psoriatic patients in Sweden

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-149

  Nyberg, Filippa ^a,b,c   Osika, Ingrid ^a,b,c   Evengård, Birgitta ^a,b,c  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTISONE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PSORALEN; RETINOID; STEROID; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BALNEOLOGY; ECZEMA; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 38349125115     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03485.x     Document Type: Article

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