Costs of surgical procedures in Indian hospitals

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Chatterjee, Susmita ^a   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^a,b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL; INDIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84880406639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002844     Document Type: Article

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