Cost-effectiveness: Definitions and use in the gastroenterology literature

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1488-1493

  Provenzale, D ^a,b,c   Lipscomb, J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029738269     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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