Healthcare costs associated with progressive diabetic retinopathy among National Health Insurance enrollees in Taiwan, 2000-2004

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Woung, Lin Chung ^a,g   Tsai, Ching Yao ^a,f   Chou, Hsin Kai ^b   Tsai, Ming Tsu ^c,d,e   Tsai, Wei Her ^c   Chou, Pesus ^f   Shen, Shih Tsuo ^d  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e CHIHLEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953905994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-136     Document Type: Article

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