Stoma care nurses: Good value for money?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 638-643

  Becker, Andreas ^a,b   Schulten Oberbörsch, Gabriele ^a   Beck, Udo ^a   Vestweber, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NURSING; STOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ENTEROSTOMY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033047555     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012361     Document Type: Article

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