Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic approaches to suspected appendicitis in children.

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Our group recently published a clinical pathway (Le Bonheur Clinical Pathway [LeB-P]) that used the Samuel Pediatric Appendicitis Score with selective use of ultrasonography (USG) for diagnosis of children at risk for appendicitis. The objective of this study was to model the cost-effectiveness of implementing the LeB-P compared with usual care.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Am. Coll. Surg.

Title: Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1879-1190

ISSN (Print): 1072-7515

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2015

Volume: 220

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.

[2 ] Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.

[3 ] Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.

[4 ] Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. Electronic address: ehuang@uthsc.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S1072-7515(14)01911-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.12.019

PubMed ID: 25667142

SO-VID: 79faabca-7f14-47da-a3ec-e2a6e5446ad6

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