title: Expensive medical technologies and "indication extrapolation": the case of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
authors.affiliation: Queen's University and the University of Western Ontario, Kingston, Canada.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoffmaster
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*