Effect of return hospital visits on economics of ambulatory surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 573-578

  Imasogie, Ngozi ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; CONVALESCENCE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034799595     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200110000-00020     Document Type: Review

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