V. SanansilpJ. LertakyamaneeS. UdompunturakMahidol University2018-07-042018-07-041995-12-01Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.78, No.11 (1995), 600-604012522082-s2.0-0029587409https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17375We 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.Mahidol UniversityMedicineCost-effectiveness analysis of patient-controlled analgesia, intramuscular q.i.d. injection and p.r.n. injection for postoperative pain reliefArticleSCOPUS