Cost-drivers in acute treatment of severe trauma in Europe: A systematic review of literature

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-66

  Pape, Hans Christoph ^a   Neugebauer, Edmund ^b   Ridley, Saxon A ^c   Chiara, Osvaldo ^d   Nielsen, Tina G ^e   Christensen, Michael C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Costs; Europe; Polytrauma; Severe; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349117854     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-8013-0     Document Type: Article

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