Appendix 1. Search Strategy

MEDLINE®, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, NHS Economic Evaluation Database Search dates: Publication date between January 1994 and April 2004

1. Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
2. (aortic and aneurysm$ and abdom$).ti,ab
3. 1 or 2
4. Economics
5. Economics, Nursing
6. Economics, Pharmaceutical
7. ec.fs.
8. (econom$ or cost or costs or costing or pharmacoeconomic$).ti,ab.
9. (expenditure$ not energy).ti,ab
10. "costs and cost analysis"/ or cost allocation/ or cost-benefit analysis/ or cost control/ or cost savings/ or cost of illness/ or cost sharing/ or "deductibles and coinsurance"/ or medical savings accounts/ or health care costs/ or direct service costs/ or drug costs/ or employer health costs/ or hospital costs/ or health expenditures/ or capital expenditures
11. economics, hospital/ or hospital charges/ or hospital costs
12. economics, medical/ or fees, medical
13. 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12
14. 3 and 13
15. limit 14 to English language

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