The potential impact of ambulatory surgery in Catalonia, Spain;Estimación del impacto potencial de la cirugía ambulatoria en Cataluña

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Espinàs, Josep A ^a   Borràs, Josep M ^b   Colomer, Jordi ^c   Ramón, Caterina ^d   Varela, Jordi ^e  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Consorci Hospitalari de Mataro ^*  (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE VILADECANS   (Spain)

^e Hospital de Puigcerda   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURETTAGE; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SPAIN; SURGERY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ARTHROSCOPY; BED OCCUPANCY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SPAIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0031567455     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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