Indirect costs of myocardial infarction in Portugal

Autor: Ana Teresa Timóteo, Miguel Gouveia, Cristina Soares, Rui Cruz Ferreira
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, Vol 39, Iss 5, Pp 245-251 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0870-2551
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2019.09.010
Popis: Introduction: Cardiovascular disease, and particularly myocardial infarction (MI), carries a significant economic burden, through productivity losses (indirect costs) associated with temporary absence from work, that has not yet been adequately studied in Portugal. Our objective was to quantify the indirect costs of MI in the first year after admission. Methods: Consecutive patients admitted to a single center aged
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