Quality-of-Life, Health Service Use, and Costs Associated With Syncope

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 370-375

  Sun, Benjamin C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Health sevices; Quality of life; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875278762     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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