An assessment of the potential value of endoscopic ultrasound as a cost-minimizing tool in dyspeptic patients with persistent symptoms

Endoscopy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 662-667

  Sahai, A V ^a   Penman, I D ^a   Mishra, G ^a   Williams, D ^a   Pearson, A ^a   Wallace, M B ^a   Van Velse, A ^a   Hoffman, B J ^a   Hawes, R H ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034902815     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16223     Document Type: Article

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