Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for evaluation of suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1134-1144

  Ward, Michael J ^a   Bonomo, Jordan B ^a   Adeoye, Opeolu ^a   Raja, Ali S ^b   Pines, Jesse M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867501392     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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