Regional variation in orthopedic surgery in Switzerland

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 791-798

  Widmer, Marcel ^a   Matter, Pius ^a   Staub, Lukas ^a   Schoeni Affolter, Franziska ^a   Busato, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Health systems research; Orthopedic surgery; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 64849095090     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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