Do health-care decision makers find economic evaluations useful? The findings of focus group research in UK health authorities

Value in Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-78

  Hoffmann, Christiane ^a   Stoykova, Boyka A ^b   Nixon, John ^b   Glanville, Julie M ^b   Misso, Kate ^b   Drummond, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Economic evaluation; Health policy; UK NHS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036217626     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4733.2002.52109.x     Document Type: Article

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