Direct cost of osteoarthritis in Canada : an application of microsimulation modeling with uncertainty analysis

Introduction: While OA is a debilitating disease with an immense economic burden on the Canadian society, there is a lack of understanding about OA’s direct costs and its future trend in Canada. Objectives: The overall goal of this thesis is to illustrate the application of population-based diseas...

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Main Author: Sharif, Behnam
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46614