The impact of psoriasis on health care costs and patient work loss

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 772-780

  Fowler, Joseph F ^a   Duh, Mei Sheng ^b   Rovba, Ludmila ^b   Buteau, Sharon ^b   Pinheiro, Lisa ^b   Lobo, Francis ^c   Sung, Jennifer ^c   Doyle, Joseph J ^c   Swensen, Andrine ^c   Mallett, David A ^d   Kosicki, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d Ingenix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 53349119980     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.06.043     Document Type: Article

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