The clinical impact and cost implications of endoscopic ultrasound on the use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in a Canadian university hospital

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-142

  Alhayaf, Nassir ^a   Lalor, Eoin ^a   Bain, Vincent ^a   McKaigney, John ^a   Sandha, Gurpal Singh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endosonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CANADA; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42449121533     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/498213     Document Type: Article

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