Assessing the effectiveness of health interventions for cost- effectiveness analysis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 551-558

  Mandelblatt, Jeanne S ^a,h   Fryback, Dennis G ^b   Weinstein, Milton C ^c,d   Russell, Louise B ^e   Gold, Marthe R ^f,g  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0030758389     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07107.x     Document Type: Review

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