Cost effectiveness of ultrasound and bone densitometry for osteoporosis screening in post-menopausal women

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 113-135

  Mueller, Dirk ^a   Gandjour, Afschin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALENDRONATE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 60749110756     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03256127     Document Type: Article

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