A web-based tool for adjusting costs to a specific target currency and price year

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Shemilt, Ian ^a,b   Thomas, James ^c   Morciano, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Campbell and Cochrane Economics Methods Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost adjustement; Costs; Decision models; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955132952     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426410X482999     Document Type: Article

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