Imaging the Heart: Is it Cost-Effective?
Authors: RICHARD F. LEIGHTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1983)

Editorials1 July 1983Imaging the Heart: Is it Cost-Effective?RICHARD F. LEIGHTON, M.D., LUCY S. GOODENDAY, M.D.RICHARD F. LEIGHTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LUCY S. GOODENDAY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-99-1-119 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) has recently released a case study in which issues involved in the costs and effectiveness of cardiac radionuclide imaging are examined (1). The authors, from the Center for Analysis of Health Practices of the Harvard School of Public Health, obtained their information from 1978 to 1979 from questionnaires, personal interviews, review of the medical literature, and from statistics prepared by the National Center for Health Statistics. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Medical College of Ohio Toledo, Ohio PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited By"Noninvasive"DAVID H. SPODICK, M.D., D.SC.Correction: Second Author of Editorial on Imaging the Heart 1 July 1983Volume 99, Issue 1Page: 119-120KeywordsHealth information technologyHealth statisticsHeartPrevention, policy, and public healthQuestionnairesRadionuclide imaging Issue Published: 1 July 1983 PDF DownloadLoading ...