Refining the measurement of the economic burden of chronic diseases in Canada

dianagosalvez Diana Gosálvez Prados — última modificación 17/03/2011 13:16

This article presents an analysis of the economic burden of a number of chronic diseases in Canada. In the analysis, we adjusted our measure of utilization of physician and hospital services for co-existing chronic diseases, which we found to be widely prevalent and to have an impact on resource use.

Rapoport J, Jacobs P, Bell NR, Klarenbach S. Refining the measurement of the economic burden of chronic diseases in Canada. Chronic Dis Can. 2004; 25(1): 13-21. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15298484


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