Measuring the Quality-of-Life Effects of Diagnostic and Screening Tests

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 567-575

  Swan, J Shannon ^a,b   Miksad, Rebecca A ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness analysis; Quality of life; time trade off; utility assessment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SCREENING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STROKE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651017865     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.03.007     Document Type: Review

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