A cost-effectiveness analysis of surgical versus medical management of early pregnancy loss

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Rausch, Mary ^a   Lorch, Scott ^b   Chung, Karine ^c   Frederick, Margaret ^d   Zhang, Jun ^e   Barnhart, Kurt ^f  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; early pregnancy loss; electric vacuum aspiration; manual vacuum aspiration; miscarriage; misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC VACUUM ASPIRATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; INEVITABLE ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL VACUUM ASPIRATION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTPATIENT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

EID: 84856369151     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.11.044     Document Type: Article

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