Elimination of routine testing in patients undergoing cataract surgery allows substantial savings in laboratory costs. A brief report

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 246-248

  Imasogie, Ngozi ^a   Wong, David T ^a   Luk, Ken ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0037358460     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017792     Document Type: Article

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