The role of costs in comparative effectiveness research

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1805-1811

  Garber, Alan M ^a   Sox, Harold C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551532015     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0647     Document Type: Article

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