Factors that influence the cost effectiveness of gonorrhea screening in emergency departments

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 437-438

  Gift, Thomas L ^a   Irwin, Kathleen L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEST STRIP; VAGINA SMEAR;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 21044456350     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000168277.85335.43     Document Type: Editorial

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