The direct medical cost of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, pregnancy and female infertility in a large HMO in Israel

Health Policy

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 271-276

  Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b   Porath, Avi ^a   Alapi, Hillel ^a   Sella, Tal ^a,b   Flash, Shira ^a   Wood, Francis ^a   Shalev, Varda ^a,b  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic care; Cost of illness; Epidemiology; Health economics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; NEOPLASM; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77950942115     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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