Cost-outcome analysis in injury prevention and control: Eighty-four recent estimates for the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 562-582

  Miller, Ted R ^a,c   Levy, David T ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c PIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost; Cost effectiveness; Injury; Prevention; Quality adjusted life year; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034203561     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200006000-00003     Document Type: Article

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