The need of cost-effectiveness evaluation when using high-cost equipment in national health services

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Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 544-546

  Bombardieri, Emilio ^a,c   Crippa, Flavio ^a   Rossetti, Claudio ^b   Fazio, Ferruccio ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Divisione di Medicina Nucleare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; PET

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030740110     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169708300212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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