The cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging for patients with equivocal neurological symptoms

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-34

  Mushlin, Alvin I ^a   Mooney, Cathleen ^a   Holloway, Robert G ^a   Detsky, Allan S ^b   Mattson, David H ^a   Phelps, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030932860     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300010205     Document Type: Article

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