Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Imaging Strategies for the Diagnosis of Small-Bowel Crohn's Disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Levesque, Barrett G ^a   Cipriano, Lauren E ^b   Chang, Steven L ^a   Lee, Keane K ^a   Owens, Douglas K ^a,c   Garber, Alan M ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule Endoscopes; Cost Effectiveness; Crohn's Disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTERD TOMOGRAPHIC ENTEROGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ILEOCOLONOSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; JEJUNUM DISEASE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SMALL BOWEL FOLLOW THROUGH; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

EID: 77349097379     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.10.032     Document Type: Article

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