Annual Direct and Indirect Costs of Diabetic Retinopathy

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Title: Estimating the Current and Future Costs of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in the UK: Including direct health costs and indirect societal and productivity costs
Publication: Diabetic Medicine
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 855-62
URL: Read Full Resource

Title: Prevalence and Healthcare Costs of Diabetic Retinopathy: A population-based register study in Sweden
Publication: Diabetologia
Publication Date: 2010
Volume & Issue: Volume 53, Issue 10
Pages: 2147-54
URL: Read Full Resource

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