A systematic and critical review of the evolving methods and applications of value of information in academia and practice

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-48

  Steuten, Lotte ^a   Van De Wetering, Gijs ^b   Groothuis Oudshoorn, Karin ^a   Retèl, Valesca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84876250788     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-012-0008-3     Document Type: Review

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