The economical challenge in the treatment of chronic heart failure: Is primary prophylactic ICD therapy cost-effective in europe?

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 689-691

  Meine, Mathias ^a   Smith, Tim ^b   Hauer, Richard N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67651055728     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup140     Document Type: Editorial

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