High admission rates and heavy inpatient service costs of urban tuberculosis patients in eastern China
Abstract Background Tuberculosis patients often experience hospitalization. Inpatient services may result in high medical expenditures. It is important to explore the hospitalization rates of tuberculosis patients and the potential factors that are associated with admission rates and inpatient servi...
Main Authors: | Yang Zhou, Cheng Chen, Hui Jiang, Hong-Qiu Pan, Li-Mei Zhu, Wei Lu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-01-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-3892-9 |
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