The marginal cost-effectiveness of medical technology: A panel instrumental-variables approach

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-64

  McClellan, Mark ^a   Newhouse, Joseph P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cost effectiveness analysis; Instrumental variables; Medical technology; Panel data; Semiparametric methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001868540     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(96)01805-2     Document Type: Article

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