In response

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 363-364

  Petitti, Diana B ^a   Teutsch, Steven M ^b   Barton, Mary B ^c   Sawaya, George F ^d   Ockene, Judith K ^e   DeWitt, Thomas ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 69749111529     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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