Cost-effectiveness of the National Health Service abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme in England

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 976-982

  Glover, M J ^a   Kim, L G ^b   Sweeting, M J ^c   Thompson, S G ^c   Buxton, M J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84902174921     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9528     Document Type: Article

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