As a matter of fact: Evidence-based decision-making unplugged

Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 547-559

  Birch, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INFORMATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031436388     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199711)6:6<547::aid-hec307>3.3.co;2-g     Document Type: Review

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