Cost-effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-244

  Nussbaum, Eric S ^a   Heros, Roberto C ^a,b   Erickson, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030061712     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199602000-00001     Document Type: Article

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