Financial requirements for the treatment of diabetes in Latin America: Implications for the health system and for patients in Mexico

Diabetologia

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1693-1695

  Arredondo, A ^a   De Icaza, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diabetes care; Financial requirements; Implications

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOUTH AMERICA;

COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO;

EID: 67650660634     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1417-5     Document Type: Letter

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