Analysis of cost-effectiveness in intensive care: An overview of methods and a review of applications to problems in critical care medicine

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-133

  Chalfin, Donald B ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029936050     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199604000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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