Hospital cost implications of increased use of minimally invasive surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 489-490

  Xu, Tim ^a   Hutfless, Susan M ^a   Cooper, Michol A ^a   Zhou, Mo ^a   Massie, Allan B ^a   Makary, Martin A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LOBECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COST; ECONOMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

BALTIMORE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84929669906     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.4052     Document Type: Letter

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