Seasonal variation in orthopedic health services utilization in Switzerland: The impact of winter sport tourism

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Matter Walstra, Klazien ^a   Widmer, Marcel ^a   Busato, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT INJURY; SUMMER; SWITZERLAND; TOURISM; WINTER SPORT;

EID: 33645572362     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-25     Document Type: Article

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