title: International trends in the economics of breast examination.
abstract: An international survey of the economics of ultrasound breast examination was performed by a questionnaire-enquête method. The rate of effective reply from the questionnaire was 63.7%. This survey-data is presented at SURVEYS 1 to 8. Nine scattergrams showing the cost performance of breast echography are presented. The best cost performance, internationally, can be achieved by mechanical and real-time electronic linear scanners.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Clinical Laboratory, School of Medicine, Univ. of Occupational & Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000191:economics*