Cost minimization analysis comparing diagnostic strategies in unexplained pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Wilcox, Charles Mel ^a   Kilgore, Meredith ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Idiopathic pancreatitis; Microlithiasis; Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; STONE FORMATION;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 65349093370     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31818ab69c     Document Type: Article

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