Indirect and direct costs of treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis in the Brazilian public health system

ABSTRACT Introduction: Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) require a team approach from multiple professionals, various treatment modalities for continuous periods of time, and can lead to the loss of labour capacity in a young population. So, it is necessary to measure its socio-economic imp...

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Main Authors: Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, Chayanne N. Rossetto, Pedro G. Lorencetti, Mariana Y. Tramontin, Bruna Fornazari, Denizar V. Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia 2016-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042016000200131&lng=en&tlng=en