Economic evaluations of acute pain service programs: A systematic review

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 726-733

  Lee, Anna ^a   Chan, Simon ^a   Chen, Phoon Ping ^a   Gin, Tony ^a   Lau, Angel S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute pain service; Cost effectiveness; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COST CONTROL; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NURSES; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648843154     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318148b95f     Document Type: Review

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