An economic evaluation of early versus delayed operative treatment in patients with closed tibial shaft fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 315-323

  Sprague, Sheila ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Economic analysis; Surgical delay; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CLOXACILLIN; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

EID: 0036951741     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-001-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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