Incremental and average cost-effectiveness ratios: Will physicians make a distinction?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Hershey, John C ^a,b   Asch, David A ^a,b,c,d   Jepson, Christopher ^c   Baron, Jonathan ^a,b   Ubel, Peter A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Average cost effectiveness; Cost effectiveness analysis; Incremental cost effectiveness; Medical decision making; Medical screening

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE;

INTERVENTIONS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0037324946     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00291     Document Type: Article

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