The Australian experiment: The use of evidence based medicine for the reimbursement of surgical and diagnostic procedures (1998-2004)

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  O'Malley, Sue P ^a  

^a Medical Intelligence   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33746659034     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-3-3     Document Type: Article

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