Cost utility analysis of radiographic screening for an orbital foreign body before MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 426-433

  Seidenwurm, David J ^a   McDonnell III, Charles H ^a   Raghavan, Narasimhachari ^a   Breslau, Jonathan ^a  

^a Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORBIT; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 0033956535     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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