Private costs associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: The importance of private travel and time costs

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 62-66

  Bryan, Stirling ^a   Buxton, Martin ^a   Mckenna, Mike ^a   Ashton, Hilary ^b   Scott, Alan ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; economics; patient costs

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 0029445431     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139500200202     Document Type: Article

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