Cost of Medications in Patients Admitted to a Burn Center

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 861-867

  Cornish, Patricia ^a   Mittmann, Nicole ^b,c   Gomez, Manuel ^a   Cartotto, Robert C ^a   Fish, Joel S ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOPE Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

BURN; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PHARMACY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0348225156     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200304120-00005     Document Type: Review

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