Estimating the economic cost offsets of using Dermagraft-TC as an alternative to cadaver allograft in the treatment of graftable burns

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 1 II SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Parente, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BURN; CADAVER DONOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030898327     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199701001-00010     Document Type: Article

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