Anaesthetic drug costs in a district general hospital day surgery unit

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-89

  Stocker, Mary Elizabeth ^a,b   Houghton, Kerri ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day surgery; Drug costs; TIVA

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; EYE DROPS; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; OPERATION DURATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034953260     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(01)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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