Is a chest pain observation unit likely to be cost effective at my hospital? Extrapolation of data from a randomised controlled trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 418-422

  Goodacre, S ^a   Dixon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMOGRAM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CHEST PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344396400     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016881     Document Type: Article

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