## Abstract Survivor costs are those costs associated with a treatment because it extends the patient's life. A controversy exists regarding whether survivor consumption costs should be included in costβutility analyses. The present paper uses this controversy to motivate a general reexamination of
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β Scribed by John A. Nyman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
- DOI
- 10.1002/hec.1067
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