Efficiency, equity, and NICE clinical guidelines

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7439, 2004, Pages 536-537

  Wailoo, Allan ^a   Roberts, Jennifer ^a   Brazier, John ^a   McCabe, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 1542343840     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7439.536     Document Type: Editorial

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