Radial probe EBUS versus CT-guided needle biopsy for evaluation of peripheral pulmonary lesions: An economic analysis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 539-547

  Steinfort, Daniel P ^a,b   Liew, Danny ^b   Irving, Louis B ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Cost analysis; Endobronchial ultrasound; Nonsmall cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875246321     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00044612     Document Type: Article

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