title: Cost-effectiveness in a flat world--can ICDs help the United States get rhythm?
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D009026:Mortality; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D011788:Quality of Life; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States