Does timing of surgery affect hospitalization costs and length of stay for acute care following a traumatic spinal cord injury?

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2816-2822

  Mac Thiong, Jean Marc ^a,b,c   Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a,d   Thompson, Cynthia ^b   Bourassa Moreau, Etienne ^a,b   Parent, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d Public Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

SCI; spine; surgery; traumatic SCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84870945880     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2503     Document Type: Article

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