A review of alternative approaches to healthcare resource allocation

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Wolstenholme, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033928287     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200018010-00004     Document Type: Review

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