The cost and compensability of trauma patients

Australian Health Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Curtis, Kate ^a   Dickson, Cara ^b   Black, Deborah ^b   Nau, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049134755     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH090084     Document Type: Article

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