Economic impact of blood transfusions: Balancing cost and benefits;Kan transfüzyonun ekonomik etkisi: Maliyet ve yarari{dotless} dengelemek

Eurasian Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-49

  Oge, Tufan ^a,b   Kilic, Cemil Hakan ^c   Kilic, Gokhan Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Istanbul Chamber of Mechanical Engineers   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cost effectiveness; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897680979     PISSN: 13088734     EISSN: 13088742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/eajm.2014.08     Document Type: Review

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