Cost analysis of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 488-494

  Griffiths, Alison ^a   Marinovich, Luke ^a   Barton, Michael B ^b   Lord, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Economic; Gamma Knife; Linac; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

GAMMA KNIFE; LINAC; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; USER FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 35348908865     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462307070584     Document Type: Article

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