Inpatient costs of routine endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Academic Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 639-646

  Lester, Jessica S ^a   Bosch, Johanna L ^a,c   Kaufman, John A ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Gazelle, G Scott ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Hospital costs; Stents

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0034957271     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80689-X     Document Type: Article

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