title: Assessing low volume, high cost, potentially life saving surgical interventions: how and when? Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as a case study.
authors.affiliation: Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Caine
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Sharples
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Large
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wallwork
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D006113:United Kingdom; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left