Cost assessments in the management of variceal bleeding.
This article defines and reviews the methods for economic cost assessments in the management of variceal hemorrhage. It also presents and discusses the results of cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, and cost assessment studies on the management of variceal hemorrhage and proposes future directions for additional studies.
Gralnek
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University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine and CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
Jensen
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DM
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States