Costs and cost effectiveness of cardiovascular screening and intervention: The British family heart study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7041, 1996, Pages 1269-1273

  Wonderling, David ^a   McDermott, Christine ^a   Buxton, Martin ^a,e   Kinmonth, Ann Louise ^b,e   Pyke, Stephen ^c   Thompson, Simon ^c   Wood, David ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Health Economics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029968280     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7041.1269     Document Type: Article

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