Abstract：
BACKGROUND:The Emergency Hospital in Battambang, Cambodia, is essentially a surgical center for victims of injuries. METHODS:Using methods previously described, operating costs were calculated, and effectiveness of treatment was estimated for 957 patients undergoing 895 surgical procedures over a 3 month period (October--December 2006). RESULTS:Results of the cost-effectiveness analysis are compared to the few existing ones in the literature. CONCLUSION:At $77.4 per DALY averted, surgery for trauma in such a context is deemed very cost-effective and compares favorably to other non-surgical public health interventions.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Gosselin RA,Heitto Mdoi
10.1007/s00268-008-9708-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-11-01 00:00:00pages
2450-3issue
11eissn
0364-2313issn
1432-2323journal_volume
32pub_type
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
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更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689910036
更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00
