Cost-effective diagnostic cardiovascular imaging: When does it provide good value for the money?

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 605-612

  Otero, Hansel J ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^b   Greenberg, Dan ^a   Mitsouras, Dimitrios ^b   Mendoza, Jorge A ^a   Neumann, Peter J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Diagnostic cardiovascular imaging; Imaging technologies; QALY

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VEIN DISEASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77957954285     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9634-z     Document Type: Article

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