02694cam a2200409 a 4500001000800000005001700008006001900025007001500044008004100059019001300100035001200113040001800125042000900143043001200152100001800164245016500182260011800347490007300465500005300538500002100591500002000612504002500632520101600657538011801673538008001791583003201871650002701903650003101930650002001961700002301981710005702004830003102061830003502092856008802127856005102215984001802266312354820181114103738.0m d cr an ---uuuuu040420s2003 xna sb 000 0 eng d1 a25469282 a3123548 aNSLbengcNSL aanuc au-at---1 aHaas, Marion.10aEvaluation of directional vacuum assisted breast biopsyh[electronic resource] :breport for the National Breast Cancer Centre /cMarion Haas, Lorraine Ivancic. aBroadway, N.S.W. :bCentre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney,c2003.1 aProject report / Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation aTitle from title screen (viewed April 20, 2004). a"November 2003". a"Final report". aBibliography: p. 27. a"This project was commissioned by the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC). The objectives of the project, as set out in the call for expressions of interest, were to determine: > The costs associated with the introduction and use of directional vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (DVA breast biopsy) in Australia; and > Whether directional vacuum-assisted breast biopsy used for diagnostic purposes is cost-effective in Australia when compared to core biopsy. The motivation for commissioning the project was an assessment of directional vacuum-assisted breast biopsy conducted by the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) which concluded that the procedure is safe and more effective than core biopsy. Although a cost-effectiveness analysis was not conducted as part of the MSAC study, MSAC recommended that the costs associated with the procedure be investigated and that, pending a review of costs, the procedure receive interim Medicare funding at a higher level than was previously available" -- Foreword. aMode of access: World Wide Web. Available at: http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/chere/research/PublicationsForSale.cfm aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view/print PDF files. aSelected for archiving5NSL 0aBreastxNeedle biopsy. 0aBreastxTumorsxDiagnosis. 0aBreastxBiopsy.1 aIvancic, Lorraine.2 aCentre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation. 0aCHERE report series ;v21. 0aPANDORA electronic collection.40zPublisher siteuhttp://datasearch.uts.edu.au/chere/research/PublicationsForSale.cfm40zArchived siteuhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-40513 aANLcInternet