Analysis of cost effectiveness of screening Danish men aged 65 for abdominal aortic aneurysm

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7710, 2009, Pages 1542-

  Ehlers, Lars ^a   Overvad, Kim ^b,c   Sørensen, Jan ^d   Christensen, Søren ^e   Bech, Merete ^e   Kjølby, Mette ^a,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Centre for Public Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REGISTER; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 67650092884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2243     Document Type: Article

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