Cost analysis of different protocols for imaging a patient with acute flank pain

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1620-1627

  Grisi, G ^a   Stacul, F ^b   Cuttin, R ^b   Rimondini, A ^b   Meduri, S ^b   Dalla Palma, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute flank pain; Cost identification analysis; Intravenous urography; Spiral CT; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VISCERAL PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FLANK PAIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0033795015     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000549     Document Type: Article

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