Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) compares the costs and outcomes of two or more technologies. However, there is no consensus about which measure of effectiveness should be used in each analysis. Clinical researchers have to select an appropriate outcome for their purpose, and this choice can have d
The lag between effectiveness and cost-effectiveness evidence of new drugs
β Scribed by Boyka Stoykova; Michael Drummond; Marco Barbieri; Jos Kleijnen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1618-7598
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