The financial costs of inpatient pressure ulcers to an acute care facility

Decubitis

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 14-23

  Alterescu, Victor ^a  

^a John Muir Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COST ALLOCATION; DECUBITUS ULCER; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; NURSE CLINICIANS;

EID: 0024709339     PISSN: 08981655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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