The economic burden of Tuberculosis in Denmark 1998-2010. Cost analysis in patients and their spouses

The economic burden of Tuberculosis in Denmark 1998-2010. Cost analysis in patients and their spouses

Objective: To evaluate the economic burden of tuberculosis (TB) in Denmark, Methods: 8,433 Danish TB-patients (1998-2010) were matched with 33,707 controls by age, gender, civil status and geography. Health-related costs (health system contacts and –procedures, medications) and socio-economic parame...

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Main Authors: Andreas Fløe, Ole Hilberg, Christian Wejse, Anders Løkke, Rikke Ibsen, Jakob Kjellberg, Poul Jennum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
socioeconomic factors
case-control studies
spouses
cost of illness
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214017391

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