Direct medical costs in patients with fibromyalgia: Cost of illness and impact of a brief multidisciplinary treatment program

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-46

  Thompson, Jeffrey M ^a   Luedtke, Connie A ^a   Oh, Terry H ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^a   Long, Kirsten Hall ^b   King, Susan ^a   Branda, Megan ^a   Swanson, Randy ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Case Control Studies; Cost of Illness; Fibromyalgia; Fibromyalgia Treatment Program

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA BASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78650722101     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181fc7ff3     Document Type: Article

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