Hospital cost analysis of management of patients with renal colic in the emergency department

Urological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Turkcuer, Ibrahim ^a   Serinken, Mustafa ^a   Karcioglu, Ozgur ^b   Zencir, Mehmet ^a   Keysan, M Kemal ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Emergency department; Hospital cost; Renal colic; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949100922     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-009-0251-z     Document Type: Article

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