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Cost‐Effectiveness of Echocardiography
Author(s) -
WANN L. SAMUEL,
PASSO THOMAS C.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1995.tb00541.x
Subject(s) - reimbursement , medicine , cardiology , medical physics , intensive care medicine , health care , economics , economic growth
Echocardiography is essential to the modern practice of cardiology. It is a robust, noninvasive technique, with proven effectiveness in the diagnosis of a multitude of cardiac disorders. However, the true costs of echocardiography and the charges, reimbursement, and collection rates, plus the over all economic value of echocardiography relative to other technical and cognitive services provided by cardiologists, are not so clearly understood or established. The purpose of this article is to provoke thought among echocardiographers about these economical issues.