Cost-effectiveness analysis of weekday and weeknight or weekend shifts for assessment of appendicitis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1186-1195

  Doria, Andrea S ^a   Amernic, Heidi ^b   Dick, Paul ^a   Babyn, Paul ^a   Chait, Peter ^a   Langer, Jacob ^a   Coyte, Peter C ^b   Ungar, Wendy J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Children; Cost effectiveness analysis; Fee for service schedule; Salary based schedule

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; APPENDICITIS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 29244440876     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-1570-z     Document Type: Article

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