Health resource utilisation costs in acute patients with persistent midline cervical tenderness following road trauma

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1908-1916

  Ackland, Helen M ^a,b   Wolfe, Rory ^b   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b   Cooper, D James ^a,b   Malham, Gregory M ^a,b   Varma, Dinesh K ^a,b   Fitt, Gregory J ^c,d   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,b   Liew, Susan M ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Injury costs; Midline cervical tenderness; MRI; Spinal clearance; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84866728371     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.07.181     Document Type: Article

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