The credibility of health economic models for health policy decision-making: The case of population screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Campbell, Helen ^a   Briggs, Andrew ^a   Buxton, Martin ^b   Kim, Lois ^c   Thompson, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33846632928     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581907779497594     Document Type: Review

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