Effects of timing of thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax on prognosis and costs

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 767-774

  Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Shimbo, Takuro ^a   Noguchi, Yoshinori ^a   Koyama, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Yoshiyuki ^b   Nishiwaki, Koichi ^b   Fukui, Tsuguya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Pneumothorax; Prognosis; Quality adjusted life years; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942608073     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.07.032     Document Type: Article

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