Hemorrhoid Banding: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 1085-1094

  Coughlin, Ohmar P ^a,b   Wright, Moriah E ^a,b   Thorson, Alan G ^a,b   Ternent, Charles A ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of General Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon and rectal surgery; Cost effectiveness analysis; Hemorrhoids; Outcomes research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANUS SURGERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE 5 DIMENSIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID BANDING; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LIGATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85071345761     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001444     Document Type: Article

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