Explicit and implicit copayments for phototherapy: Examining the cost of commuting

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Yentzer, Brad A ^a   Gustafson, Cheryl J ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commuting; Cost effective; Dermatology; Economics; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOTE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; TREATMENT DURATION; ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; ILLUMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS;

GASOLINE;

ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY CARE; AUTOMOBILES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GASOLINE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LIGHTING; NORTH CAROLINA; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TRANSPORTATION; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84879299727     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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