Cost comparison between ultrasound-guided 14-g large core breast biopsy and open surgical biopsy: An analysis for Austria

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-524

  Gruber, R ^a   Walter, E ^b   Helbich, T H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Inst for Pharmacoeconomic Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Cost; Diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL COST; AUSTRIA; BREAST BIOPSIES; BREAST LESION; BREAST NEOPLASM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST COMPARISONS; COST SAVING; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; FLAT RATE; LARGE CORE; OVERALL COSTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOTAL COSTS;

BIOPSY; COST REDUCTION; HOSPITALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST LESION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN SURGICAL BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 77952881850     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.03.058     Document Type: Article

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