Using the pharmacoepidemiology approach to evaluate the first-year posttransplantation ambulatory health care cost from the longitudinal health insurance database (2001 to 2006) in Taiwan

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 957-960

  Lee, E K L ^a,b   Cham, T M ^a   Tseng, P L ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TAIWAN; TRANSPLANTATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TAIWAN; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77955481322     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.03.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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