Minimally Invasive Therapy in Five European Countries: Diffusion, Effectiveness, and Cost-Effectiveness

by H.D. Banta

Many surgical procedures now in common use could be replaced by a new, less invasive alternative - Minimally Invasive Therapy (MIT) - resulting in less trauma, less pain, less need for hospitalization, and a shorter recovery period. effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ten important applications. It examines the experience of five European countries, seeking factors to explain diffusion patterns. The implications of this field are also discussed,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444899480
• ISBN13: 9780444899484
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
• Length: 177 Pages