Observational study assessing demographic, economic and clinical factors associated with access and utilization of health care services of patients with multiple sclerosis under treatment with interferon beta-1b (EXTAVIA).

Observational study assessing demographic, economic and clinical factors associated with access and utilization of health care services of patients with multiple sclerosis under treatment with interferon beta-1b (EXTAVIA).

Multiple sclerosis (MS) results in an extensive use of the health care system, even within the first years of diagnosis. The effectiveness and accessibility of the health care system may affect patients' quality of life. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the health care resource use...

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Main Authors: Georgios Hadjigeorgiou, Efthimios Dardiotis, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Triantafyllos Doskas, Damianos Petrou, Nikolaos Makris, Nikolaos Vlaikidis, Thomas Thomaidis, Athanasios Kyritsis, Nikolaos Fakas, Xoulietta Treska, Clementine Karageorgiou, Stefania Sotirli, Christos Giannoulis, Dimitra Papadimitriou, Ioannis Mylonas, Evaggelos Kouremenos, Georgios Vlachos, Dimitrios Georgiopoulos, Despoina Mademtzoglou, Michalis Vikelis, Elias Zintzaras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0113933&type=printable

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