Does body mass index (BMI) affect cost in cardiac surgery? 'A pound (£) for pound (lb) analysis'

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-284

  Drain, Andrew J ^a   Gerrard, Caroline ^a   Ferguson, Jonathan I ^a   Cafferty, Fay ^a   Gurprashad, Roy ^a   Vuylsteke, Alain ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiac surgery; Cost; Intensive care; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 33744503158     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.121996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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