Users' guides to the medical literature: XIII. How to use an article on economic analysis of clinical practice: B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 1802-1806

  O'Brien, Bernie J ^a   Heyland, Daren ^b   Richardson, W Scott ^c   Levine, Mitchell ^a   Drummond, Michael F ^d   Guyatt, Gordon H ^e  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030925714     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.22.1802     Document Type: Review

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