A note on confidence intervals in cost-effectiveness analysis

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 467-471

  Tambour, Magnus ^a   Zethraeus, Niklas ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031719471     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300011442     Document Type: Article

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