Cost Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Versus Open Mesh Hernia Operation: Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-457

  Hynes, Denise M ^a,b,c   Stroupe, Kevin T ^a,d   Luo, Ping ^a   Giobbie Hurder, Anita ^a   Reda, Domenic ^a,e   Kraft, Margaret ^c   Itani, Kamal ^f   Fitzgibbons, Robert ^g   Jonasson, Olga ^h   Neumayer, Leigh ⁱ  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HERNIA; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748922983     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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