Determining the threshold for acceptability of an ICER when natural health units are used

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hyewon, Helen Lee ^a   Levine, Mitchell ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ICER; Threshold; Value

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CYCLOSPORIN; NEBIVOLOL; PLACEBO; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL COST EFFECTIVENESS RATIO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84868364927     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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