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Healthcare resource utilization and direct costs of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in Du...

Healthcare resource utilization and direct costs of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in Du...

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Healthcare resource utilization and direct costs of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: a retrospective cost-of-illness study

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Healthcare resource utilization and direct costs of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: a retrospective cost-of-illness study

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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BMC health services research, 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.304-17, Article 304

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English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) require lifelong blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy. Thus, patients afflicted with TDT often have to undergo blood transfusion and iron chelation therapy, which causes a major economic burden on them. However, this topic has not been reported in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Henc...

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Healthcare resource utilization and direct costs of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: a retrospective cost-of-illness study

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_ae2407b97d6741fb94e1e482fe7784ee

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_ae2407b97d6741fb94e1e482fe7784ee

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1472-6963

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1472-6963

DOI

10.1186/s12913-022-07663-6

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