Economics of anesthetic practice

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1170-1196

  Watcha, Mehernoor F ^a,c   White, Paul F ^b  

^a Pediatric Anesthesia Research   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthcsiology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia costs; Clinical economics; Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness analysis; Cost minimization; Cost utility analysis; Health policy; Pharmacoeconomics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANESTHESIA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030966896     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199705000-00021     Document Type: Article

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