Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 203, Issue 4 , Pages 447-457, October 2006

Cost Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Versus Open Mesh Hernia Operation: Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs Randomized Clinical Trial

Parts of the results from this manuscript (selected results from the Table and the acceptability curve figure) were presented at the Academy Health meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2006.

  • Denise M. Hynes, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • Department of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola Univeristy, Chicago, Maywood, IL
    • Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola Univeristy, Chicago, Maywood, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Denise M Hynes, PhD, RN, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, VA Information Resource Center, Building 1, Room C303, PO Box 5000 (151-V), Hines, IL 60141.
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  • Kevin T. Stroupe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Ping Luo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
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  • Anita Giobbie-Hurder, MS

      Affiliations

    • Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
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  • Domenic Reda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr, Department of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Margaret Kraft, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola Univeristy, Chicago, Maywood, IL
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  • Kamal Itani, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Boston VA Healthcare System and Department of Surgery, Boston University, Boston, MA
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  • Robert Fitzgibbons, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery Creighton University, Omaha, NE
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  • Olga Jonasson, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • Leigh Neumayer, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System and the Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
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  • Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program 456 Investigators

Received 13 January 2006; received in revised form 27 April 2006; accepted 10 May 2006. published online 12 July 2006.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

 This study was funded by the Cooperative Studies Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development (CSP#456).

PII: S1072-7515(06)00556-4

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.019

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 203, Issue 4 , Pages 447-457, October 2006

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