title: Comparative cost analysis of two different medical interventions: educational implications.
abstract: The paper display in a short way the concepts of medical cost and cost-effectiveness analysis and present the educational implications arising from the assessment and the comparison of the Hospital cost of two different therapeutic methods of myocardial revascularization: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (C.AB.G.) surgery and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (P.T.C.A.)
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Platis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liaropoulos
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000191:economics*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records