The use of decision-analytical modelling in economic evaluation of patch testing in allergic contact dermatitis

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-95

  Rajagopalan, Rukmini ^a   Anderson, Roger T ^b   Sarma, Syam ^c   Retchin, Carol ^c   Jones, John ^c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PharmaResearch Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; LIFESTYLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031827218     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199814010-00008     Document Type: Article

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