An economic evaluation of an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening program in Italy

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 938-946

  Giardina, Stefano ^a   Pane, Bianca ^b   Spinella, Giovanni ^b   Cafueri, Giuseppe ^b   Corbo, Mara ^a   Brasseur, Pascale ^c   Orengo, Giovanni ^b   Palombo, Domenico ^b  

^a SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Medtronic International ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80053655099     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.03.264     Document Type: Article

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