The economic burden of traumatic spinal cord injury in Canada

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 113-122

  Krueger, H ^a,b   Noonan, V K ^a,c   Trenaman, L M ^b   Joshi, P ^c   Rivers, Carly S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b H KRUEGER AND ASSOCIATES INC   (Canada)

^c RICK HANSEN INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Morbidity; Mortality; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC BURDEN; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS; TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ECONOMIC BURDEN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY;

CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84878432274     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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