The societal burden of HBV-related disease: South Korea

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 784-793

  Yang, Bong Min ^a   Kim, Dong Joon ^b   Byun, Kwan Soo ^c   Kim, Hong Soo ^d   Park, Joong Won ^e   Shin, Sangjin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^e National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Hepatitis B; Prevalence; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; WORK DISABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 77949331566     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0786-4     Document Type: Article

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