Price disparity of percutaneous coronary intervention devices in Japan and the United States in 2006

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1128-1130

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Market price; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Price differences; Reimbursement price

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; COST; DEVICE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; JAPAN; MARKETING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; STENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347221504     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1128     Document Type: Article

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