Opportunity cost: A systematic application to surgery

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-22

  Chatterjee, Abhishek ^a   Payette, Michael J ^b   Demas, Christopher P ^a   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HERNIOPLASTY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MYRINGOTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORTHOPEDICS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UROLOGY;

EID: 67349231265     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.03.027     Document Type: Article

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