Treatment costs and indirect costs of cluster headache: A health economics analysis

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1664-1672

  Gaul, Charly ^a   Finken, Julia ^a   Biermann, Janine ^a   Mostardt, Sarah ^a   Diener, Hans Christoph ^a   Müller, Oliver ^a   Wasem, Jürgen ^a   Neumann, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; cost of disease; direct costs; indirect costs; socioeconomic burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 83755161350     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411425866     Document Type: Article

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