The usefulness of average cost-effective ratios

Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 497-504

  Laska, Eugene M ^a,b,c   Meisner, Morris ^a,b   Siegel, Carole ^a,b  

^a Nathan S Kline Inst Psychiat Res   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Average cost effectiveness ratios; Clinical trials; Extended dominance; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 0030666453     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199709)6:5<497::AID-HEC298>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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