64-Slice CT coronary angiography versus conventional coronary angiography: Activity-based cost analysis;Coronarografia versus coronaro-TC: analisi dei costi

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-252

  Stacul, F ^a   Sironi, D ^a   Grisi, G ^b   Belgrano, M ^a   Salvi, A ^a   Cova, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; CT coronary angiography; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION COST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT;

EID: 64949123014     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0376-8     Document Type: Article

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