The cost-effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery versus surgical resection in the treatment of brain metastasis in Vietnam from the perspective of patients and families

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-328

  Vuong, Duong Anh ^a,b   Rades, Dirk ^c   Le, Anh Ngoc ^d   Busse, Reinhard ^b  

^a Ministry of Health of Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d Choray Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Economics; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROPENSITY SCORE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859703606     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.05.050     Document Type: Review

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