Cost-effectiveness of surgical decompression for space- occupying hemispheric infarction

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2923-2925

  Hofmeijer, Jeannette ^a,b   Van Der Worp, H Bart ^c   Kappelle, L Jaap ^c   Eshuis, Sara ^c   Algra, Ale ^c,d   Greving, Jacoba P ^d  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Decompression; Hemicraniectomy; Malignant infarction; Space occupying infarction; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANKIN SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK REDUCTION; SPACE OCCUPYING HEMISPHERIC INFARCTION;

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HEMICRANIECTOMY; MALIGNANT INFARCTION; SPACE-OCCUPYING INFARCTION;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888361300     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002445     Document Type: Article

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