Cost-effectiveness of ingunial hernia surgery in northwestern ecuador

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-41

  Shillcutt, Samuel D ^a   Sanders, David L ^b   Teresa Butron Vila M ^c   Kingsnorth, Andrew N ^d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^d DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871803574     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1808-5     Document Type: Article

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