Conditions for the near equivalence of cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses

Value in Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 338-346

  Bala, Mohan V ^a   Zarkin, Gary A ^b   Mauskopf, Josephine A ^c  

^a CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c MEDTAP International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042525699     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4733.2002.54134.x     Document Type: Article

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