Principles for the design of the economic evaluation of COLOR II: An international clinical trial in surgery comparing laparoscopic and open surgery in rectal cancer

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 130-135

  Björholt, Ingela ^a,b   Janson, Martin ^c   Jönsson, Bengt ^d   Haglind, Eva ^a,b,e  

^a Department of Surgery Göteborg ^*  (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e Institute of Surgical Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economics; Laparoscopic surgery; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

COLON CANCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPEN SURGERY; RECTAL CANCER;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ECONOMICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TUMORS;

SURGERY;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; OPEN SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SWEDEN;

CLINICAL TRIALS; INTERNATIONALITY; LAPAROSCOPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644870515     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462306050926     Document Type: Article

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