Automated external defibrillators in long-term care facilities are cost-effective

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 314-317

  Foutz, Renée A ^a   Sayre, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Cost benefit analysis; Defibrillation; Heart arrest; Long term care facilities; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033790717     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941010     Document Type: Article

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