## Abstract __Background__: IQWiG commissioned an international panel of experts to develop methods for the assessment of the relation of benefits to costs in the German statutory healthβcare system. __Proposed methods__: The panel recommended that IQWiG inform German decision makers of the net co
Modelling in the economic evaluation of health care: selecting the appropriate approach
β Scribed by Barton, P.; Bryan, S.; Robinson, S.
- Book ID
- 121421195
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Medicine Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 533 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1355-8196
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