Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of intravenous urography (IVU) and unenhanced multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for initial investigation of suspected acute ureterolithiasis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-229

  Eikefjord, E ^a,c   Askildsen, J E ^b   Rorvik, J ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Flank pain; Spiral computed tomography; Urinary calculi; Urography

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; UROLOGY;

ACUTE URETEROLITHIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC EFFECT; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY (IVU);

DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; URETER STONE; UROGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLANK PAIN; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETEROLITHIASIS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 40049108789     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701708304     Document Type: Article

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