Cost-effectiveness analyses of diagnostic strategies: A literature survey using the NHS Economic Evaluation Database

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Redekop, W Ken ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Diagnostic tests; Economic evaluation; Methodology; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33646075720     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737167.6.1.41     Document Type: Article

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