Cost per episode of care in the surgical treatment of skin cancer;Coste por proceso en el tratamiento quirúrgico del cáncer del piel

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Hernández Martín, Ángela ^a,b   Núñez Reiz, Antonio ^a   Sáiz Martínez, Marta ^a   Rovirosa i Juncosa, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost per episode; Skin cancer; Surgical care; Surgical dermatology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748712239     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13091141     Document Type: Article

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