The effects of social support and education on health care costs after three years

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 326-334

  Cronan, Terry A ^a,c   Hay, Meghan ^a   Groessl, Erik ^a   Bigatti, Silvia ^a   Gallagher, Ruth ^a   Tomita, Mitsuo ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health care costs; Osteoarthritis; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84988281429     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790110504     Document Type: Article

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