Cost comparison of immediate computed tomography or admission for observation after mild head injury: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7566, 2006, Pages 469-471

  Norlund, Anders ^c   Marké, Lars Åke ^c   Af Geijerstam, Jean Luc ^a   Oredsson, Sven ^b   Britton, Mona ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748432572     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38918.659120.4F     Document Type: Article

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