Incidence and costs of injuries in The Netherlands

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Meerding, Willem Jan ^a   Mulder, Saakje ^b   Van Beeck, Ed F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Health care costs; Hospitalization; Incidence; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BUDGET; CHILD; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SKULL INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND;

EID: 33745684552     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl006     Document Type: Article

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