Availability of diagnostic facilities in the Netherlands for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 142-149

  Hagen, P J ^a   Van Strijen, M J L ^b   Kieft, G J ^b   Prins, M H ^c   Postmus, P E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Availability; Diagnostic facilities; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

TECHNEGAS;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033826147     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(00)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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