Cost accounting in radiation oncology at a French department of radiation oncology;ANALYSE EN COUT REEL DES ACTIVITES SOIGNANTES D'UN SERVICE DE RADIOTHERAPIE

Journal d'Economie Medicale

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-104

  Daly Schveitzer, N ^a   Delmas, S ^a   Bonhomme, C ^a   Verdier, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

Author keywords

clinical research; cost; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030004002     PISSN: 02940736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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