What next for QALYs?

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1806-1807

  Neumann, Peter J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955569726     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.566     Document Type: Note

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