An introduction to economic evaluation: What's in a name?

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Hoch, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Dewa, Carolyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Cost effectiveness; Health economics; Teaching economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144406073     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505000305     Document Type: Review

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