Abstract:The study was a retrospective analysis of DataSUS, a Brazilian Public Health System medical claims database. Patients were tracked by the ICD between July 2011 and June 2016. The disease costs were segmented between diagnostic and treatment costs, for each disease status, according to SUS list of procedures. The total costs of HCC were calculated by multiplying the mean annual frequency per patient of each performed procedure at each stage of the disease by its cost and added to the cost of the diagnostic proc… Show more
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