A brief note ask yourself, why?: A cost-effective look at routine pathologic examination of specimens using the trapezium

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 722-724

  Culp, Jeffrey A ^a   Hartigan, Brian J ^a,b   Stern, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035012586     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200105000-00011     Document Type: Article

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