The cost of elective and emergency repair of AAA in patients under and over the age of 80

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 651-654

  Bagia, J S ^a   Robinson, D ^a   Kennedy, M ^a   Englund, R ^a   Hanel, K ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Funding

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AGING; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032854111     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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