Cost factors in pediatric trauma

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Gürses, Dolunay ^a,b   Sarioglu Buke, Akile ^a   Baskan, Merve ^a   Kilic, Ilknur ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BICYCLE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TURKEY;

EID: 0642379699     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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