Treating the patient or the population? Part 2. Judging the benefit of a treatment to society as a whole

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 104-107

  Heller, T D ^a   Heller, R F ^b   Pattison, S ^c   Fletcher, R ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0034869962     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.175.2.104     Document Type: Article

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