Cost-effectiveness analysis for surgeons

Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 616-622

  Koerkamp, Bas Groot ^a,b   Wang, Y Claire ^c   Hunink, Myriam G M ^b,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BREAST CANCER; CLAUDICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 66049158915     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.03.006     Document Type: Editorial

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