Direct and indirect costs in the conservative management of undisplaced scaphoid fractures

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 241-244

  Fusetti, C ^a,b   Garavaglia, G ^b   Papaloizos, M Y ^c   Wasserfallen, J B ^d   Buchler U ^a   Nagy, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Centre de Chirurgie et Thérapie de la Main   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Costs; Immobilisation; Scaphoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0348148873     PISSN: 09484817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-003-0101-6     Document Type: Article

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