Methods for comparison of cost data

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 8 II SUPPL., 1997, Pages 752-756

  Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a,b   Melfi, Catherine A ^c   Hui, Siu L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030764819     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-8_part_2-199710151-00063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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