The annual cost of blood transfusions in the United Kingdom

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-118

  Guest, J F ^a   Munro, V ^a   Cookson, R F ^b  

^a CATALYST Health Economics Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^b Janssen Cilag Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusions; Costs; Plasma; Platelets; Red blood cells; Resource use

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; LEISURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031968646     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1998.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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