Do emergency physicians know the costs of medical care?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-102

  Innes, Grant ^a   Grafstein, Eric ^a   McGrogan, Jonathan ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Cost effectiveness; Emergency department; Health economics; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848817529     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S148180350000467X     Document Type: Article

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