title: Cost assessments in the management of variceal bleeding.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine and CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Gralnek
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: 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