Measurement of short term health effects in economic evaluations

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Holmes, Ann M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031939757     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199813020-00001     Document Type: Short Survey

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