Cost-saving approach to patients on long-term anticoagulation who need endoscopy: A decision analysis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1766-1776

  Mathew, Abraham ^a   Riley III, Thomas R ^a   Young, Mark ^a   Ouyang, Ann ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG CHOICE; ENDOSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0043074848     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07594.x     Document Type: Article

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