Cost of identifying patients for carotid endarterectomy

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 435-439

  Benade, Marikie M ^a,b,c   Warlow, Charles P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Costs; Procedure; Programs; Transition ratio; Workup

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036163524     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs0202.102879     Document Type: Article

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