Service use and costs for people with headache: A UK primary care study

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 617-623

  McCrone, Paul ^a   Seed, Paul T ^a   Dowson, Andrew J ^b   Clark, Lucy V ^c   Goldstein, Laura H ^a   Morgan, Myfanwy ^a   Ridsdale, Leone ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs analysis; Economics; Headache; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855715737     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-011-0362-0     Document Type: Article

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