Counting the Cost of Cervical Collars
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Solving the problem of pressure ulcers resulting from cervical collars.
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In last month’s issue of The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, our principle review article outlined the work of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK in respect of otolaryngology. The review article by Hamilton and colleagues in the present issue takes this topic one step further by considering cost–utility analysis as a method of decision-making in healthc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x17006975