Economic evaluations of community-based care: Lessons from twelve studies in Ontario

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-385

  Browne, Gina ^a,b   Roberts, Jacqueline ^a   Gafni, Amiram ^a   Byrne, Carolyn ^a   Weir, Robin ^a   Majumdar, Basanti ^a   Watt, Susan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community care; Economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WELLBEING;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ONTARIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0032756599     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1999.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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