Cost-effectiveness and cost/benefit ratio of acute pain management

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 139-143

  Rauck, Richard L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029963731     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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