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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...
Autores principales: | Porto, Lara Benigno, Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo, Naves, Luciana Ansaneli |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018
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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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