Is population screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm cost-effective?

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ehlers, Lars ^a   Sørensen, Jan ^b   Jensen, Lotte Groth ^c   Bech, Merete ^c   Kjølby, Mette ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Centre for Public Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMBASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING CESSATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING CESSATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149097195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-8-32     Document Type: Article

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