Wound care costs in general practice: A cross-sectional study

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 143-146

  Whitlock, Elizabeth ^a   Morcom, Jenny ^a   Spurling, Geoffrey ^b   Janamian, Tina ^b   Ryan, Seamus ^c  

^a Focus Health Network   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Noosa Civic Family Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Health care costs; Nursing care; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING; ULCER;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ULCER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84897586716     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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