Economic evaluation of strategies to reduce sudden cardiac death in young athletes

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Schoenbaum, Michael ^a   Denchev, Peter ^a   Vitiello, Benedetto ^a   Kaltman, Jonathan R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; ECG screening; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 84864505853     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3241     Document Type: Article

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