Economics of Acromegaly Treatment in Brazil: A Budget Impact Analysis of Pituitary Surgery Compared with Long-Term Octreotide LAR

BACKGROUND: Acromegaly is a rare, chronic and debilitating disease whose treatment places a high burden on health systems. In the reality of the Brazilian public health network, many patients are kept on drug treatment because of barriers to access to surgery. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to...

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Autores principales: Porto, Lara Benigno, Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo, Naves, Luciana Ansaneli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41669-018-0103-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41669-018-0103-2

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