How much is a kidney worth? Cost-effectiveness of routine imaging after ureteroscopy to prevent silent obstruction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2136-2141

  Sutherland, Tori N ^a   Pearle, Margaret S ^a   Lotan, Yair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calculi; chronic; cost benefit analysis; imaging; kidney failure; ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84877636519     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.12.059     Document Type: Article

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