A systematic review and overview of health economic evaluations of emergency laparotomy

Abstract Background Little is known about the economic impact of emergency laparotomy (EL) surgery in healthcare systems around the world. The aim of this systematic review is to describe the primary resource utilisation, healthcare economic and societal costs of EL in adults in different countries....

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Main Authors: Sohail Bampoe, Peter M. Odor, S. Ramani Moonesinghe, Matthew Dickinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Perioperative Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13741-017-0078-z