One-year treatment costs of trauma care in the USA

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-197

  Weir, Sharada ^a   Salkever, David S ^b   Rivara, Frederick P ^c   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^c   Nathens, Avery B ^d   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Elders; Insurance status; Trauma care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951005257     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erp.10.8     Document Type: Article

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