Hic Sunt Dracones: The future of health technology assessment-one economist's perspective

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Culyer, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

better decisions; deliberation; equity, process; health technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84856610867     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11426483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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