Emergency department ultrasonography: Impact on patient management and cost effectiveness;L'ecografia nel dipartimento di emergenza: Impatto sulla gestione del malato e analisi costo-efficacia

Minerva Medica

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 347-352

  Vairo, G ^a   Salustri, A ^a   Trambaiolo, P ^a   Pagnanelli, A ^b   Marini Grassetti, M ^a  

^a SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Emergency treatment; Hospital costs; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FLANK PAIN; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGIST; RECURRENCE RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1242291948     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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