A microcosting study of diagnostic tests for the detection of coronary artery disease in the Netherlands

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-103

  Tan, S S ^a   Oppe, M ^a   Zoet Nugteren, S K ^b   Niezen, R A ^c   Kofflard, M J M ^d   Ten Cate, F J ^a   Roijen, L Hakkaart van ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^d ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Diagnostic strategy; Diagnostic test; Microcosting

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL COST; CONSUMABLES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATE; DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; INDIRECT COSTS; LEAST COST; MICROCOSTING; NETHERLANDS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TOTAL COSTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COST ACCOUNTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TESTING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 70349758942     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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