Modelling correlated clinical outcomes in health technology appraisal

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 793-799

  Epstein, David ^a,b   Sutton, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

correlation; decision model; meta analysis; outcome

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 80052746020     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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