Costs and charges associated with three alternative techniques of hysterectomy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 476-482

  Dorsey, James H ^a   Holtz, Patrice M ^a   Griffiths, Robert I ^b   Mcgrath, Margaret M ^b   Steinberg, Earl P ^b  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Corning HTA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029743077     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199608153350705     Document Type: Article

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