To supplement or not to supplement: A cost-utility analysis of calcium and vitamin D Repletion in Patients after Thyroidectomy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1293-1299

  Wang, Tracy S ^a   Cheung, Kevin ^b   Roman, Sanziana A ^c   Sosa, Julie Ann ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; CALCIUM; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MARKOV CHAINS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79955808273     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1437-x     Document Type: Article

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