Comparison between spinal surgery blood transfusion services costs and associated treatment practices in the United States and Belgium

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2793-2804

  Blanchette, Christopher M ^a   Joshi, Ashish V ^b   Szpalski, Marek ^c   Gunzburg, Robert ^d   Du Bois, Marc ^e,f   Donceel, Peter ^f   Saunders, William B ^g  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d Eeuwfeestkliniek   (Belgium)

^e Christelijke Mutualiteit   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g Premier Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Allogeneic; Cost; Hospital; Transfusion; Utilization

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; DESMOPRESSIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACCOUNTING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

BELGIUM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348979900     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079907X233421     Document Type: Article

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