Cost-intensive, time-consuming, problematical? - How physicians in private practice experience the care of urticaria patients;Kostenintensiv, zeitaufwendig, problematisch? - Die Betreuung von Urtikariapatienten aus der Perspektive niedergelassener Årzte

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-347

  Weller, Karsten ^a   Viehmann, Kristina ^b   Bräutigam, Matthias ^c   Krause, Karoline ^a   Siebenhaar, Frank ^a   Zuberbier, Torsten ^a   Maurer, Marcus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Empirical Health Economics   (Germany)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

care; costs; epidemiology; satisfaction; treatment; urticaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; URTICARIA;

EID: 84860470219     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2011.07822.x     Document Type: Article

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