Cost and outcomes analysis.
Cerebral aneurysms and their treatment have numerous consequences for patients and society, including loss of life, permanent neurologic deficits, decreased functioning in daily life, vast expenditures of health care resources, and loss of economic productivity. By the use of administrative, clinical, functional, and economic data, outcomes research increases neuro-surgeons' understanding of aneurysmal disease, and consequently, our ability to provide more effective interventions.
King
J T
JT
Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Ratcheson
R A
RA
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000191:economics; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006753:Hospital Records; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000191:economics*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008499:Medical Records; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States