The cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Health Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-318

  Michel, Bowine C ^a   Seerden, Rob J ^a   Rutten, Frans F H ^a   Van Beek, Edwin J R ^b   Büller, Harry R ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Diagnostic strategies; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEPARIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030178874     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199607)5:4<307::AID-HEC214>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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