Economic impact of an electronic alert system to prevent venous thromboembolism in hospitalised patients

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1108-1115

  Lecumberri, R ^a   Panizo, E ^a   Gomez Guiu, A ^b   Varea, S ^a   Garcia Quetglas E ^b   Serrano, M ^c   Garcia Mouriz A ^d   Marques M ^e   Gomez Outes A ^f   Paramo J A ^a  

^a Hematology Service   (Spain)

^b Clinical Pharmacology Service   (Spain)

^c Clinical Pharmacy Service   (Spain)

^d Informatics Service   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^f Department of Human Use Medicines   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic alerts; Health economics; Low molecular weight heparin; Prophylaxis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONIC ALERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PREMEDICATION; SPAIN; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79958051879     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04282.x     Document Type: Article

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