Quality of abstracts of papers reporting original cost-effectiveness analyses

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 424-428

  Rosen, Allison B ^a,b   Greenberg, Dan ^b   Stone, Patricia W ^c   Olchanski, Natalia V ^b   Neumann, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstracting and indexing; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Economic analyses; Publishing; Qalys

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GUIDELINES; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH;

EID: 22544437830     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X05278932     Document Type: Review

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