TOTALL: High cost of allergic rhinitis - A national Swedish population-based questionnaire study

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cardell, Lars Olaf ^a,b   Olsson, Petter ^a   Andersson, Morgan ^c   Welin, Karl Olof ^d   Svensson, Johanna ^d   Tennvall, Gunnel Ragnarson ^d   Hellgren, Johan ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; STEROID; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESENTEEISM; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDE (PEOPLE); SWEDEN; TELECONSULTATION; TOPICAL TREATMENT; WORK CAPACITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; PRESENTEEISM; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957579765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2015.82     Document Type: Article

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