Payer Costs in Patients Undergoing Uterine Artery Embolization, Hysterectomy, or Myomectomy for Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1207-1213

  Dembek, Carole J ^a   Pelletier, Elise M ^a   Isaacson, Keith B ^b   Spies, James B ^c  

^a BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ARTERIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548817011     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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