Evaluating the costs of alternative options for dementia services

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-131

  Chaussalet, Thierry J ^a   Millard, Peter H ^b   El Darzi, Elia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of care; Cost of treatment; Decision analysis; Dementia; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEMENTIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 0032173707     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019007005290     Document Type: Article

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