Using Evidence to Minimize the Cost of Trigger Finger Care

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 997-1005

  Kerrigan, Carolyn L ^a   Stanwix, Matthew G ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost identification; cost minimization; decision analysis; tenosynovitis; trigger finger

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIGGER FINGER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; FINGER JOINT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

EID: 67651042877     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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