Hoekstra, Harm; Smeets, Bart; Metsemakers, Willem-Jan; … - In: Health Economics Review 7 (2017) 32, pp. 1-11
open tibial fractures. Twenty-seven clinical and process variables were recorded retrospectively, and five main hospital … tibial fractures were almost twice as high compared to closed fractures and mainly existed of hospitalization costs. Length …-of-stay (LOS) was found to be the most important variable driving the healthcare costs of open tibial fractures. Deep infection …