Endometriosis cost assessment (the EndoCost Study): A cost-of-illness study protocol

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-176

  Simoens, Steven ^a   Hummelshoj, Lone ^b   Dunselman, Gerard ^c   Brandes, Iris ^d   Dirksen, Carmen ^c   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF)   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Endometriosis; Healthcare cost; Productivity loss; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COST OF ILLNESS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955464335     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316055     Document Type: Article

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