International differences in health care costs in Europe and the United States: Do these affect the cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for pulmonary embolism?

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1926-1931

  Van Erkel, A R ^a,b   Van Den Hout, W B ^a   Pattynama, P M T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Radiology

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033255601     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050951     Document Type: Article

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