Optimal search strategies for detecting cost and economic studies in EMBASE

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McKinlay, R James ^a   Wilczynski, Nancy L ^a   Haynes, R Brian ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECONOMICS; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE COST; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 33746773150     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-67     Document Type: Article

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