Financial justification for routine ultrasound screening of the neonatal hip

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 852-857

  Clegg, J ^a   Bache, C E ^a,c   Raut, V V ^a,b  

^a Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE SCREWS; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP DISLOCATION, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OSTEOTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032886562     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B5.9746     Document Type: Article

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