Costs and benefits of laparoscopic surgery - A review of the literature

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 165, Issue 585, 2000, Pages 48-56

  Jönsson, Bengt ^a   Zethraeus, Niklas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Laparoscopic; Surgery costs

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LEAVE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EUROPE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SICK LEAVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034085682     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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