A study on indirect and intangible costs for patients with knee osteoarthritis in Singapore

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Xie, Feng ^a   Thumboo, Julian ^b   Fong, Kok Yong ^b   Lo, Ngai Nung ^c   Yeo, Seng Jin ^c   Yang, Kuang Ying ^c   Li, Shu Chuen ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human capital approach; Indirect costs; Intangible costs; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SINGAPORE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 41749093863     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00371.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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