Economic benefits of BIS-aided assessment of post-BC lymphedema in the United States - Page 1

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 234-241

  Bilir, Sara P ^a   DeKoven, Mitchell P ^a   Munakata, Juliet ^a  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BREAST CANCER; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW RISK POPULATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864412582     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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