Follow-up costs increase the cost disparity between endovascular and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 912-918

  Hayter, Catherine L ^a   Bradshaw, Stephen R ^b   Allen, Robert J ^b   Guduguntla, Murali ^b   Hardman, David T A ^a,b,c  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 27644547172     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.07.039     Document Type: Article

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