Tibia shaft fractures: Costly burden of nonunions

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Antonova, Evgeniya ^a   Le, T Kim ^a   Burge, Russel ^a   Mershon, John ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Healthcare resource utilization; Nonunions; Opioids; Tibia shaft fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874030459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-42     Document Type: Article

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