Cost of gestational diabetes-related antenatal visits in health care based on the Finnish Medical Birth Register

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-141

  Kolu, Päivi ^a,b   Raitanen, Jani ^a,c   Luoto, Riitta ^a,d  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost; Gestational diabetes; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OFFICE VISITS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79958820788     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: 18780210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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