Economic Analysis of an Intraoperative Cell Salvage Service

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-205

  Szpisjak, Dale F ^a,b   Potter, Paul S ^c   Capehart, Bruce P ^d  

^a Naval Hospital Rota   (Spain)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Dunlap Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d Federal Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CELL SALVAGE; ERYTHROCYTE SALVAGE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MACHINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 0346733077     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000093231.53663.DD     Document Type: Article

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