Economic evaluation of health interventions - Some strengths and limitations

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 625-626

  Foster, S ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost; Economics; Evaluation; Health intervention; Public health

Indexed keywords

MALATHION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031445746     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90497-1     Document Type: Article

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