Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7710, 2009, Pages 1509-

  Buxton, Martin J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 67650082541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2185     Document Type: Editorial

References (9)

1. National Screening Committee. National Screening Committee policy - abdominal aortic aneurysm screening. February 2009. http://www.library.nhs.uk/ screening/ViewResource.aspx?resID=60457 (accessed 27 May 2009).
2. Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group. The Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study (MASS) into the effect of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening on mortality in men: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2002;360:1531-9.[CrossRef][Web of Science][Medline]
3. Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group. Multicentre aneurysm screening study (MASS): cost effectiveness analysis of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms based on four year results from randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2002;325:1135-8.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
4. Cosford PA, Leng GC. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007;(2):CD002945. doi:1002/14651858.CD002945.pub2.
5. Kim LG, Scott RAP, Ashton HA, Thompson SG. A sustained mortality benefit from screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ann Intern Med 2007;146:699-706.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
6. Kim LG, Thompson SG, Briggs AH, Buxton MJ, Campbell HE. How cost-effective is screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms? J Med Screening 2007;14:46-52.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
7. Thompson SG, Ashton HA, Gao L, Scott RAP. Screening men aged 65 or more for abdominal aortic aneurysm: 10 year mortality and cost effectiveness results from the Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study. BMJ 2009;338:b2307. [Abstract/Free Full Text]
8. Ehlers L, Overvad K, Sørensen J, Christensen S, Bech M, Kjølby M. Analysis of cost effectiveness of screening Danish men aged 65 for abdominal aortic aneurysm. BMJ 2009;338:b2243. [Abstract/Free Full Text]
9. Sculpher MJ, Claxton K, Drummond M, McCabe C. Whither trial-based economic evaluation for health care decision making? Health Econ 2006;15:677-87.[CrossRef][Web of Science][Medline]