Potential impact of the financial crisis on outpatient hospital visits due to otorhinolaryngologic disorders in Crete, Greece

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-128

  Karatzanis, Alexander D ^a   Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K ^a   Nikolaou, Vasilios ^a   Velegrakis, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Financial crisis; Reflux; Socioeconomic stress; Temporomandibular joint; Tinnitus; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

AMBULATORY CARE; BANKRUPTCY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; OUTPATIENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856806776     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.3447     Document Type: Article

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