Quality-of-life measures as providers of information on value-for-money of health interventions. Comparison and recommendations for practice

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-31

  Hyland, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031036114     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199711010-00004     Document Type: Review

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