Pitfalls in Reimbursement Decisions for Oncology Drugs in South Korea: Need for Addressing the Ethical Dimensions in Technology Assessment

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3785-3792

  Cho, Eun ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^b   Kang, Myoung Sheen ^c  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cost; Economic analysis; Effectiveness analysis; Ethics; Health technology assessment; Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882725017     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3785     Document Type: Article

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