The cost of asthma in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-91

  Khadadah, Mousa ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cost; Delphi method; Gulf; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; KUWAIT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84871712041     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341154     Document Type: Article

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