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Health care costs in US patients with and without a diagnosis of osteoarthritis

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis is a chronic and costly condition affecting 14% of adults in the US, and has a significant impact on patient quality of life. This retrospective cohort study compared direct health care utilization and costs between patients with osteoarthritis and a matched control group...

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Autores principales: Le, T Kim, Montejano, Leslie B, Cao, Zhun, Zhao, Yang, Ang, Dennis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22328832
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S27275