Economic Impact of Prosthetic Joint Infection - an Evaluation Within the Portuguese National Health System

Sousa, Arnaldo; Carvalho, André; Pereira, Cláudia; Reis, Ernestina; Santos, Ana Cláudia; Abreu, Miguel; Soares, Daniel; Fragoso, Ricardo; Ferreira, Susana; Reis, Marcio; Sousa, Ricardo

doi:https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.28508

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https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.28508

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https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.28508

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 4

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08 Sep 2018

Original full-length article |

| 08 Sep 2018

Economic Impact of Prosthetic Joint Infection - an Evaluation Within the Portuguese National Health System

Arnaldo Sousa, André Carvalho, Cláudia Pereira, Ernestina Reis, Ana Cláudia Santos, Miguel Abreu, Daniel Soares, Ricardo Fragoso, Susana Ferreira, Marcio Reis, and Ricardo Sousa

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