Resource utilization and disability outcome assessment of combat casualties from operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-266

  Masini, Brendan D ^a   Waterman, Scott M ^a   Wenke, Joseph C ^a   Owens, Brett D ^b   Hsu, Joseph R ^a   Ficke, James R ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat wounds; Cost; Disability; Extremity; Resources

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; DISABILITY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRAQ; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOLDIER; THORAX INJURY; WAR; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 66149119453     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31819dfa04     Document Type: Article

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