In-Hospital Cost of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Canada and the United States

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2500-2504

  Brox, Anya C ^a   Filion, Kristian B ^a   Zhang, Xun ^b   Pilote, Louise ^b   Obrand, Daniel ^a   Haider, Seema ^c   Azoulay, Arik ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0242676024     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.20.2500     Document Type: Article

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