A prospective cost analysis following operative treatment of unstable ankle fractures: 30 Patients followed for 1 year

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-105

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Ayeni, Olufemi R ^c   Hanson, Beate P ^b   Moro, Jaydeep K ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation   (Switzerland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1342347898     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470410001708200     Document Type: Article

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