Cost consequences of point-of-care troponin T testing in a Swedish primary health care setting

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 241-247

  Nilsson, Staffan ^a   Andersson, Agneta ^a   Janzon, Magnus ^a   Karlsson, Jan Erik ^a,b   Levin, Lars Åke ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cost; General practice; Point of care testing; Primary care; Sweden; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

AGED; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84917679765     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2014.984901     Document Type: Article

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