Cost efficiency analysis for fine-needle aspiration in the workup of parotid and submandibular gland nodules

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 734-738

  Layfield, Lester J ^a,c   Gopez, Evelyn ^a   Hirschowitz, Sharon ^b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost savings; Diagnostic utility; FNA; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SIALOADENITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 33750508159     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20563     Document Type: Article

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