Cost-effectiveness of screening for the possible development of cancer in patients with oral lichen planus

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 342-351

  Van Der Meij, E H ^a   Bezemer, P D ^b   Van Der Waal, I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Oral cancer; Oral lichen planus

Indexed keywords

CELL TRANSFORMATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0036776839     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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