Health care costs for patients with chronic spinal cord injury in the veterans health administration

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-481

  French, Dustin D ^a,c   Campbell, Robert R ^a   Sabharwal, Sunil ^b   Nelson, Audrey L ^a   Palacios, Polly A ^a   Gavin Dreschnack, Deborah ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VISN 8 Patient Safety Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Health economics; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia; Veterans Administration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 37049030606     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2007.11754581     Document Type: Article

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