Reliability of two instruments for critical assessment of economic evaluations

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-439

  Au, Flora ^a   Prahardhi, Shirlina ^a   Shiell, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Economic evaluation; Generalizability theory; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GENERALIZABILITY THEORY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PEDIATRIC QUALITY APPRAISAL QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH ECONOMIC STUDIES SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORY;

EID: 44049105538     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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