Cost-effectiveness of groin hernia surgery in the western region of Ghana

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 954-961

  Shillcutt, Samuel D ^a   Clarke, Michael G ^b   Kingsnorth, Andrew N ^b  

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

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958563964     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.208     Document Type: Article

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