Cost-effectiveness analysis of patient-controlled analgesia, intramuscular q.i.d. injection and p.r.n. injection for postoperative pain relief.

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1995-11-01
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We conclude that the intravenous PCA method is a cost-effective technique. Although the PCA device is expensive, the cost-effectiveness analysis should give explicit figures for physicians and the hospital administrators to decide whether they should use the PCA instead of the conventional method.
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Chotmaihet Thangphaet.
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Sanansilp V, Lertakyamanee J, Udompunturak S. Cost-effectiveness analysis of patient-controlled analgesia, intramuscular q.i.d. injection and p.r.n. injection for postoperative pain relief. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 1995 Nov; 78(11): 600-4