Pharmacoeconomics of volatile inhalational anaesthetic agents: An 11-year retrospective analysis

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 849-854

  Weinberg, L ^a,b   Story, D ^a,b   Nam, J ^a   McNicol, L ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desflurane; Inhalational anaesthetics; Pharmacoeconomics; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; PHARMACOECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; DRUG COSTS; ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; METHYL ETHERS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956486724     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800507     Document Type: Article

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