Cost-effectiveness of telemetry for hospitalized patients with low-risk chest pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-286

  Ward, Michael J ^a   Eckman, Mark H ^a   Schauer, Daniel P ^a   Raja, Ali S ^b   Collins, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 79952712284     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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