The economic costs of surgical site infection

Surgical Infections

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Fry, Donald E ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036972282     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10962960260496325     Document Type: Article

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