The socioeconomics of diabetes from a developing country: A population based cost of illness study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-340

  Tharkar, Shabana ^a   Devarajan, Arutselvi ^a   Kumpatla, Satyavani ^a   Viswanathan, Vijay ^a  

^a MV Hospital for Diabetes   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Direct cost; India; Indirect cost; Intanglible cost measures; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77955419123     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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