Cost-effectiveness analysis of screening for asymptomatic, unruptured intracranial aneurysms: A mathematical model

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1621-1627

  Yoshimoto, Yuhei ^a   Wakai, Susumu ^b  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cost benefit analysis; Quality of life; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCREENING TEST; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032776464     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.8.1621     Document Type: Article

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