Cost-effectiveness of a national public access defibrillation programme

Resuscitation

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-55

  Moran, Patrick S ^a,b   Teljeur, Conor ^b   Masterson, Siobhán ^c,d   O'Neill, Michelle ^b   Harrington, Patricia ^b   Ryan, Máirín ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH INFORMATION AND QUALITY AUTHORITY   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Public access defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; IRELAND; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84929236239     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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