How CER could pay for itself - Insights from vertebral fracture treatments

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1390-1393

  Elshaug, Adam G ^a,b   Garber, Alan M ^c,d  

^a Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COST CONTROL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 79954495342     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1101475     Document Type: Review

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