Evaluation of suspected urinary tract infection in ambulatory women: A cost-utility analysis of office-based strategies

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-60

  Barry, Henry C ^a   Ebell, Mark H ^a   Hickner, John ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; decision trees; female; treatment outcomes; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031031442     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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