Trends in costs of thyroid disease treatment in Denmark during 1995-2015

European Thyroid Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 75-83

  Møllehave, Line Tang ^a   Linneberg, Allan ^a,b,c   Skaaby, Tea ^a   Knudsen, Nils ^d   Ehlers, Lars ^e   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b,e   Thuesen, Betina Heinsbæk ^a  

^a Unit for Psychotherapy Education and Research   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Epidemiology; Health care costs; Iodine; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 85051245796     PISSN: 22350640     EISSN: 22350802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000485973     Document Type: Article

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