Cost-effectiveness of alternative test strategies for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 719-728

  Garber, Alan M ^a   Solomon, Neil A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033522438     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-9-199905040-00003     Document Type: Article

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