Burn care costing: The Welsh experience

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 378-382

  Hemington Gorse, Sarah J ^a   Potokar, Tom S ^a   Drew, Peter J ^a   Dickson, William A ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn care costing; Health economics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; BURN UNIT; BURNS; CASE REPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALES;

EID: 61549123031     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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