Quality of life and treatment costs in patients with non-cancer chronic pain;Qualità della vita e costi di trattamento in pazienti con dolore cronico benigno

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 512-520

  Colombo, Giorgio Lorenzo ^a,d   Caruggi, Mauro ^b   Vinci, Marta ^c  

^a SAVE Studi Analisi Valutazioni Economiche   (Italy)

^b BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d SAVE Studi Anal Valutaz Econ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cost of illness; Pharmacoeconomics; Quality of life; SF 36 and EQ 5D questionaires

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 8544257028     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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