Is ambulatory monitoring for "community-acquired" syncope economically attractive? A cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomized trial of external loop recorders versus Holter monitoring

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1065.e1-1065.e5

  Rockx, Marie Antoinette ^a   Hoch, Jeffrey S ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTERNAL LOOP RECORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONITOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 27744467520     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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