The acute pain service: Effective or expensive care?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-403

  Tighe, S Q M ^a   Bie, J A ^a   Nelson, R A ^a   Skues, M A ^a  

^a Countess of Chester Hosp NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pain; postoperative, audit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031966981     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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