Health care utilization, patient costs, and access to care in US adults with eczema: A population-based study

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 743-752

  Silverberg, Jonathan I ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECZEMA; EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937560092     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.5432     Document Type: Article

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