A performance and theoretical cost analysis of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in a UK tertiary respiratory centre

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 859-864

  Medford, A R L ^a   Agrawal, S ^a   Free, C M ^a   Bennett, J A ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; UNITED KINGDOM; COST; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77950560673     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp136     Document Type: Article

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