Prospective association of low serum total testosterone levels with health care utilization and costs in a population-based cohort of men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 800-809

  Haring, R ^a   Baumeister, S E ^b   Volzke H ^a   Kohlmann, T ^a   Marschall, P ^a   Flessa, S ^a   Nauck, M ^a   Wallaschofski, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs; Health care utilization; Study of Health in Pomerania; Total testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78650430180     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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