Economic Evaluations in the Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Analysis of Quality

Value in Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 721-734

  Alali, Aziz S ^a,b,c   Burton, Kirsteen ^b,d   Fowler, Robert A ^a,b,e,f   Naimark, David M J ^b,d   Scales, Damon C ^a,b,e,f   Mainprize, Todd G ^f   Nathens, Avery B ^a,b,e,g  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cost utility; cost benefit analysis; cost effectiveness; economic evaluation; systematic review; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGE; BRAIN INJURIES; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941415111     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.04.012     Document Type: Review

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