Integrating health economics into the product development cycle: A case study of absorbable pins for treating hallux valgus

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 596-610

  Vallejo Torres, Laura ^a   Steuten, Lotte ^b   Parkinson, Bonny ^c   Girling, Alan J ^d   Buxton, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian meta analysis; cost utility analysis; evidence synthesis; orthopedics; priority setting for spending

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BONE NAIL; HALLUX VALGUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE NAILS; HALLUX VALGUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960515957     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X10388041     Document Type: Article

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