TY - GEN TI - Special report: left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy for end-stage heart failure--cost-effectiveness analysis SN - 1543-1622 PY - 2004///0409 KW - Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans KW - Cost-Benefit Analysis KW - Device Approval KW - Drug Approval KW - Evidence-Based Medicine KW - Heart Failure KW - surgery KW - Heart Transplantation KW - Heart-Assist Devices KW - economics KW - Humans KW - Insurance Coverage KW - Outcome Assessment, Health Care KW - Technology Assessment, Biomedical KW - United States KW - United States Food and Drug Administration N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article ER -