Economic considerations related to providing adequate pain relief for women in labour: Comparison of epidural and intravenous analgesia

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 305-318

  Huang, C ^a   Macario, A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOECONOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036261447     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200220050-00002     Document Type: Review

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