Is clinical prevention better than cure?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9654, 2008, Pages 1997-1999

  Gérvas, Juan ^a   Starfield, Barbara ^b   Heath, Iona ^c  

^a Equipo CESCA   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 57049137213     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61843-7     Document Type: Note

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