The iatrogenic-harm cost equation and new technology

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 843-846

  Webster, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 23944481393     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04331.x     Document Type: Editorial

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