Axiomatic foundations for cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1405-1416

  Canning, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cost benefit; cost effectiveness; project appraisal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

COST-BENEFIT; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; PROJECT APPRAISAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84887256900     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2889     Document Type: Article

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