A programme of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a cost-effective intervention in elective colonic surgery

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1319, 2010, Pages

  Sammour, Tarik ^a   Zargar Shoshtari, Kamran ^b   Bhat, Abhijith ^a   Kahokehr, Arman ^a   Hill, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COLON RESECTION; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77955106142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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