Cost-effective public health guidance: Asking questions from the decision-maker's viewpoint

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-448

  Chalkidou, Kalipso ^a   Culyer, Anthony ^b,c   Naidoo, Bhash ^a   Littlejohns, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost consequence analysis; Cost utility analysis; Health policy; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 41049086371     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1277     Document Type: Article

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