The cost effectiveness of early management of acute appendicitis underlies the importance of curative surgical services to a primary healthcare programme

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 280-284

  Kong, V ^a   Aldous, C ^a   Handley, J ^b   Clarke, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b EDENDALE HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Complications; Cost; Model

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877799395     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588413X13511609958415     Document Type: Article

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