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Cost-Effectiveness of Orthopedic Surgery in Austere Environments

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Recent cost-effectiveness analysis studies have shown that surgery can be a cost-effective solution in LMICs for certain orthopedic conditions.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, UCSF, 1001 Potrero Ave, 3A-36, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)

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  1. Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)
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Correspondence to Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c) .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Gosselin, R.A. (2014). Cost-Effectiveness of Orthopedic Surgery in Austere Environments. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_4

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