Disinvestment from low value clinical interventions: NICEly done?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7819, 2011, Pages

  Garner, Sarah ^a   Littlejohns, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISINVESTMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INVESTMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; STATE MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 80051638423     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4519     Document Type: Review

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