Cost-effectiveness of universal ultrasound screening compared with clinical examination alone in the diagnosis and treatment of neonatal hip dysplasia in Austria

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1126-1130

  Thaler, M ^a   Biedermann, R ^a   Lair, J ^a   Krismer, M ^a   Landauer, F ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OPEN REDUCTION; PELVIS OSTEOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

AUSTRIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIP DISLOCATION, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960639812     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B8.25935     Document Type: Article

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