Office and hospital needs

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Porter, Scott E ^a   Catenacci, Victoria A ^b  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Orthopedic surgery

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORBID OBESITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OBESITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649365280     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2010.07.005     Document Type: Review

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