Cost of illness and economic burden of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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Cost of illness and economic burden of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
BACKGROUND Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a slowly progressing but fatal disease that imposes a high economic burden on sickness funds and society. The objective of this study was to analyze and compare the direct and indirect costs of CLL in Germany from the perspective of the sickness funds and society and analyze the burden of the disease. METHODS Using a database of 7.6 million enr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1750-1172
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-8-32