The benefit of negative tests in non-ulcer dyspepsia

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 199-207

  Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a   Vakil, Nimish ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Health related quality of life; Influence diagram; Negative test results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEPTIC ULCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85047681513     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X0202200308     Document Type: Article

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