Comparing three software tools for implementing markov models for health economic evaluations

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 745-753

  Menn, Petra ^a   Holle, Rolf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SMOKING CESSATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349272853     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11313760-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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