Current and Future National Costs to Medicare for the Treatment of Distal Radius Fracture in the Elderly
Authors:
- Melissa J. ShauverMSMelissa J. Shauver
- Huiying YinHYHuiying Yin
- Mousumi BanerjeeMBMousumi Banerjee
- Kevin C. ChungKCKevin C. Chung
- 1 August 2011
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Hand Surgery
- Vol. 36 (8) , 1282-1287
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