The estimation and use of confidence intervals in economic analysis

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 841-848

  Bala, Mohan V ^a   Mauskopf, Josephine ^b  

^a CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Cost effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032812648     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286159903300325     Document Type: Article

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