Health technology assessment for a service contract: A new method for decisional tools

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 105-108

  Pecchia, Leandro ^a   Mirarchi, Luciano ^b   Doniacovo, Roberto ^b   Marsico, Valeria ^a   Bracale, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Siemens Healthcare   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; HTA; Service contract

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS; MAINTENANCE; MEDICAL PHYSICS;

DECISION MAKERS; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; SERVICE CONTRACT;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 77949482049     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03893-8_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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