Is medical research cost effective? Response to Murphy and Topel

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Siegler, Mark ^a   Weisfeld, Alix ^a   Cronin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; WELLBEING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0041365646     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2003.0061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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