The unresolved issue of health economics and polytrauma: The UK perspective

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 705-709

  Giannoudis, Peter V ^a   Kanakaris, Nikolaos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORTHOPEDICS; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 51749125609     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.02.016     Document Type: Editorial

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