Cost impact of diagnostic imaging for lower extremity peripheral vascular occlusive disease

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-266

  Hay, Joel W ^a   Lawler, Elizabeth ^b,c   Yucel, Kent ^d   Guo, Amy ^e   Balzer, Thomas ^e   Gaziano, John Michael ^b,c   Scranton, Richard E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; Diagnostic imaging; Digital subtraction imaging; Peripheral vascular disease; VA treatment costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLAUDICATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; VETERAN; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 60349090564     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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