Estimate of the annual economic impact of treatment of cranial cruciate ligament injury in dogs in the United States

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1604-1607

  Wilke, Vicki L ^a   Robinson, Duane A ^a   Evans, Rich B ^a   Rothschild, Max F ^a   Conzemius, Michael G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST OF ILLNESS; CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; DOG; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DOGS; ORTHOPEDICS; RUPTURE; SOCIETIES; SURGERY, VETERINARY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 27744569517     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1604     Document Type: Review

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