Cost-effectiveness of replacing skeletal traction by interlocked intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft fractures in a provincial trauma hospital in Cambodia

Cost-effectiveness of replacing skeletal traction by interlocked intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft fractures in a provincial trauma hospital in Cambodia

In this article the costs and effectiveness of introducing the SIGN nailing system for femoral shaft fractures in a provincial trauma hospital in Cambodia are compared to those of Perkin’s traction treatment. At an average cost per patient of $1,107 in the traction group and $888 in the nail group (...

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Veröffentlicht in:International orthopaedics 2009-10, Vol.33 (5), p.1445-1448
Hauptverfasser: Gosselin, Richard A., Heitto, Merja, Zirkle, Lew
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bone Nails - economics
Cambodia
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Female
Femoral Fractures - economics
Femoral Fractures - therapy
Femur
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - economics
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - instrumentation
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - methods
Fractures
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Orthopedics
Traction - economics
Trauma
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:In this article the costs and effectiveness of introducing the SIGN nailing system for femoral shaft fractures in a provincial trauma hospital in Cambodia are compared to those of Perkin’s traction treatment. At an average cost per patient of $1,107 in the traction group and $888 in the nail group ( p  
ISSN:0341-2695
1432-5195
DOI:10.1007/s00264-009-0798-x