Factors influencing costs of inpatient ischaemic stroke care in Singapore

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Chow, Wai Leng ^a   Tin, Aung Soe ^a   Meyyappan, Amutha ^a  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Determinants; Health economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886237102     PISSN: 20101058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/201010581001900402     Document Type: Article

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