Discounting costs and health benefits in cost-effectiveness analysis has been the subject of recent debate -some authors suggesting a common rate for both and others suggesting a lower rate for health. We show how these views turn on key judgments of fact and value: on whether the social objective i
Uncertainty in the economic evaluation of health care technologies: The role of sensitivity analysis
β Scribed by Andrew Briggs; Mark Sculpher; Martin Buxton
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 945 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
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