Quantifying the causal impact of biological risk factors on healthcare costs
Abstract Understanding the causal impact that clinical risk factors have on healthcare-related costs is critical to evaluate healthcare interventions. Here, we used a genetically-informed design, Mendelian Randomization (MR), to infer the causal impact of 15 risk factors on annual total healthcare c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41394-4 |