The inclusion of medical costs in life years gained in economic evaluations of health care technologies has long been controversial. Arguments in favour of the inclusion of such costs are gaining support, which shifts the question from whether to how to include these costs. This paper elaborates on
Economic Evaluation in Health Care: The Point of View of Informed Physicians
β Scribed by Giovanni Fattore; Aleksandra Torbica
- Book ID
- 109078561
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 122 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1098-3015
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