Current disparities in the prices of medical materials between Japan and the United States: Further investigation of cardiovascular medical devices

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-81

  Yasunaga, Hideo ^a   Ide, Hiroo ^a   Imamura, Tomoaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Cost effectiveness; Management (price differences,Medical devices,Market price,Reimbursement price)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CORONARY STENT; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART CATHETER; JAPAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXYGENATOR; PACEMAKER; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETERIZATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INSTRUMENTATION; STENT; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CATHETERIZATION; COMMERCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; JAPAN; OXYGENATORS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247255900     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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