Evaluating Frequency, Diagnostic Quality, and Cost of Lyme Borreliosis Testing in Germany: A Retrospective Model Analysis

Background. Data on the economic impact of Lyme borreliosis (LB) on European health care systems is scarce. This project focused on the epidemiology and costs for laboratory testing in LB patients in Germany. Materials and Methods. We performed a sentinel analysis of epidemiological and medicoeconom...

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Main Authors: I. Müller, M. H. Freitag, G. Poggensee, E. Scharnetzky, E. Straube, Ch. Schoerner, H. Hlobil, H.-J. Hagedorn, G. Stanek, A. Schubert-Unkmeir, D. E. Norris, J. Gensichen, K.-P. Hunfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/595427