There's a hole in my bucket: The cost of disposable instruments

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-15

  Hurd, W W ^a   Diamond, M P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cost containment; equipment safety; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EDITORIAL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0031037372     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81847-X     Document Type: Editorial

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