Day care surgery in a metropolitan government hospital setting-Indian scenario

International Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Dorairajan, Natarajan ^a   Andappan, Anandi ^a   Arun, B ^a   Siddharth, Dorairajan ^a   Meena, M ^a  

^a MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cost benefits; Cost effectiveness; Day care surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHIMOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FISSURE IN ANO; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHIMOSIS; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952806473     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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