Cost-effectiveness of a hybrid emergency room system for severe trauma: a health technology assessment from the perspective of the third-party payer in Japan

Abstract Background Hybrid emergency room (ER) systems, consisting of an angiography-computed tomography (CT) machine in a trauma resuscitation room, are reported to be effective for reducing death from exsanguination in trauma patients. We aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a hybrid ER...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Kinoshita, Kensuke Moriwaki, Nao Hanaki, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Kazuma Yamakawa, Takashi Fukuda, Myriam G. M. Hunink, Satoshi Fujimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-00344-x