Assessing cost-effectiveness and value as imaging grows: The case of carotid artery ct

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2260-2267

  Baker, Laurence C ^a   Afendulis, Christopher C ^b   Atlas, Scott W ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953794403     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0046     Document Type: Article

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