Family-level cost-effectiveness analysis: Response to Holmes’ commentary
✍ Scribed by Amy E. Bonomi; Paul A. Fishman; Denise M. Boudreau; Richard T. Meenan; Dennis Revicki
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-9343
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