Health service costs for patients on the waiting list

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-42

  Quan, Hude ^a   Lafreniere, Rene ^a   Johnson, David ^a  

^a TELUS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ALBERTA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISKECTOMY; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036209450     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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