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Assessment of Surveillance Test Performance and Cost

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Surveillance test performance and costs are important considerations for a book summarizing the state of the art in patient management after implantation of prosthetic devices for several reasons. First is the growing concern about more efficient use of limited resources, made ever more apparent by the ongoing health care reform debate. Second is the expanding role of “gatekeepers” wielding increasing control over the total cost of health care. Third is the push for clinicians to develop guidelines, driven by the idea that reimbursement could subsequently be tied to adherence to these guidelines.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    Katherine S. Virgo PhD

  2. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Louis, MO

    Katherine S. Virgo PhD

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  1. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    Frank E. Johnson MD  & Katherine S. Virgo PhD  & 

  2. Scott and White Hospital, Texas A & M University System Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX

    Terry C. Lairmore MD

  3. University of Liverpool, UK

    Riccardo A. Audisio MD, FRCS

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Virgo, K.S. (2006). Assessment of Surveillance Test Performance and Cost. In: Johnson, F.E., Virgo, K.S., Lairmore, T.C., Audisio, R.A. (eds) The Bionic Human. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-975-2_2

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