What are the direct costs of an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a Danish hospital?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 163, Issue 38, 2001, Pages 5192-5193

  Vammen, Sten ^a   Juul, Svend ^a   Henneberg, Eskild W ^a   Fasting, Helge ^a   Lindholt, Jes S ^a  

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ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0035904142     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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