Benefit-cost analysis in public health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue , 1996, Pages 203-219

  Lave, Lester B ^a   Joshi, Satish V ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benefit cost analysis; cost effectiveness; cost benefit analysis; evaluation; monetizing

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0029883803     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.17.050196.001223     Document Type: Review

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