The efficient organization of blood donation

Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 455-463

  Van Der Pol, Marjon M ^a,b   Cairns, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs of blood collection; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031702858     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199808)7:5<455::AID-HEC356>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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