Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 13-21 , January 2007

The cost of being a woman: A National Study of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific Conditions

  • Kristen H. Kjerulff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Health Evaluation Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Kristen H. Kjerulff, PhD, Penn State College of Medicine, Health Evaluation Sciences, A210, 600 Centerview Drive, P.O. Box 855, Hershey, PA 17033-0855. Phone: 717-531-1258.
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  • Kevin D. Frick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Jeffrey A. Rhoades, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Christopher S. Hollenbeak, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Health Evaluation Sciences and Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Received 7 March 2006 ,Accepted 17 November 2006.

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 Supported by grant R03HS013057 entitled “Health Care Use and Expenditures for Gynecologic Care” from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

PII: S1049-3867(06)00137-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.11.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 13-21 , January 2007

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