Estimating CE ratios under second-order uncertainty: The mean ratio versus the ratio of means

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-489

  Stinnett, Aaron A ^a   Paltiel, A David ^b  

^a ICOM Health Economics   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Mean ratio; Ratio of means; Second order uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; THEORY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 0030862563     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9701700414     Document Type: Article

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