Collecting unit cost data in multicentre studies: Creating comparable methods

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-44

  Wordsworth, Sarah ^a   Ludbrook, Anne ^b   Caskey, Fergus ^c   Macleod, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Richard Bright Renal Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costing; Dialysis therapy; Multi centre studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 17444367656     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-004-0259-9     Document Type: Article

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