title: Health economics and the search for shunt-responsive symptomatic hydrocephalus in the elderly.
authors.forename: John Douglas
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pickard
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spiegelhalter
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czosnyka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000191:economics; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery*; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery*; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States