Clinical economics: Calculating the cost of acute postoperative pain medication

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 295-308

  Dalton, Jo Ann ^a   Carlson, John ^a   Lindley, Celeste ^a   Blau, William ^b   Youngblood, Richard ^a   Greer, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Medication; Postoperative pain; Professional education

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; HYDROMORPHONE; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DRUG COST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0034105535     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(00)00105-6     Document Type: Article

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