Cost-effectiveness of using a molecular diagnostic test to improve preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer

Value in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1005-1013

  Najafzadeh, Mehdi ^a   Marra, Carlo A ^b,c   Lynd, Larry D ^b,c   Wiseman, Sam M ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; fine needle aspiration biopsy; gene expression; molecular diagnostic test; The Bethesta System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC); thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84871249277     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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