Reducing the costs of surgical correction of congenitally malformed hearts in developing countries

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-371

  Talwar, Sachin ^a   Kumar Choudhary, Shiv ^a   Airan, Balram ^a   Juneja, Rajnish ^a   Sunder Kothari, Shyam ^a   Saxena, Anita ^a   Sampath Kumar, Arkalgud ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Open heart surgery; Pediatric cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COST CONTROL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; OPERATING ROOMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 47949113177     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002448     Document Type: Review

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