A systematic review of utility measurements in the surgical literature

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 954-964

  Chew, Roderick T ^a   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Thoma, Achilleas ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 19744372754     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.01.021     Document Type: Review

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