Economics of upper extremity replantation: National and local trends

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2003-2011

  Chen, Michael W ^a   Narayan, Deepak ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REIMBURSEMENT; REIMPLANTATION; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; UNITED STATES;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MICROSURGERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 74049089078     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181bf8008     Document Type: Article

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