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Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug users
Anita Palepu, Mark W. Tyndall, Hector Leon, Jennifer Muller, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy, Martin T. Schechter and Aslam H. Anis
CMAJ August 21, 2001 165 (4) 415-420;
Anita Palepu
From *the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, †the Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, ‡the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, §the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, ¶the Pharmacoeconomic Program, St. Paul's Hospital, and **the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Mark W. Tyndall
From *the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, †the Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, ‡the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, §the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, ¶the Pharmacoeconomic Program, St. Paul's Hospital, and **the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Hector Leon
From *the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, †the Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, ‡the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, §the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, ¶the Pharmacoeconomic Program, St. Paul's Hospital, and **the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jennifer Muller
From *the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, †the Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, ‡the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, §the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, ¶the Pharmacoeconomic Program, St. Paul's Hospital, and **the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Michael V. O'Shaughnessy
From *the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, †the Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, ‡the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, §the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, ¶the Pharmacoeconomic Program, St. Paul's Hospital, and **the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Martin T. Schechter
From *the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, †the Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, ‡the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, §the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, ¶the Pharmacoeconomic Program, St. Paul's Hospital, and **the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Aslam H. Anis
From *the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, †the Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, ‡the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, §the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, ¶the Pharmacoeconomic Program, St. Paul's Hospital, and **the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug users
Anita Palepu, Mark W. Tyndall, Hector Leon, Jennifer Muller, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy, Martin T. Schechter, Aslam H. Anis
CMAJ Aug 2001, 165 (4) 415-420;
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