Comparative hospitalization cost and length of stay between patients with and without diabetes in a large tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

Tryphine Ncube-Zulu1, Michael P. Danckwerts2
1University of the Witwatersrand
2Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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