Gender Disparities in Medical Expenditures Attributable to Hypertension in the United States

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-125

  Basu, Rituparna ^a   Franzini, Luisa ^b   Krueger, Patrick M ^c,d   Lairson, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77649155729     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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