Hospital cost-categories of pancreaticoduodenectomy

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-377

  Topal, B ^a   Peeters, G ^a   Vandeweyer, H ^a   Aerts, R ^a   Penninckx, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost; Healthcare; Pancreas; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548818815     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2007.11680078     Document Type: Article

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