Operational Cost Analysis of Dental Emergencies for Deployed U.S. Army Personnel During Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Operational cost analysis of dental emergencies for deployed US Army personnel during operation Iraqi freedom.
The documentation of dental emergency (DE) rates in past global conflicts has been well established; however, little is known about wartime DE costs on the battlefield. Using DEs as an example for decreased combat effectiveness, this article analyzes the cost of treating DEs in theater, both in terms of fixed and variable costs, and also highlighted the difficulties that military units experien...
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-12-00431