Cost estimation of small bowel capsule endoscopy based on " real world" data: Inpatient or outpatient procedure?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 798-802

  Rondonotti, Emanuele ^a   Soncini, Marco ^b   Girelli, Carlo ^c   Villa, Federica ^d   Russo, Antonio ^b   de Franchis, Roberto ^d  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Cost estimation; Obscure GI bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COST SAVINGS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; ITALY; OUTPATIENTS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957261121     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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