Impact of minimally invasive surgery on medical spending and employee absenteeism

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 641-647

  Epstein, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Groeneveld, Peter W ^a,b,c   Harhay, Michael O ^b   Yang, Feifei ^b   Polsky, Daniel ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSTATECTOMY; REVASCULARIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SURGERY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880617886     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.131     Document Type: Article

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