The variation of acute treatment costs of trauma in high-income countries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Willenberg, Lynsey ^a   Curtis, Kate ^b,c   Taylor, Colman ^a   Jan, Stephen ^a   Glass, Parisa ^a   Myburgh, John ^a,c,d  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost allocations; Cost and cost analysis; Economics; Hospital costs; Medical; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84865284525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-267     Document Type: Article

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