Systematic Review of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Treatments for Psoriasis

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 327-340

  Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Islam, Nazrul ^a,b   Ma, Canice ^a   Anis, Aslam H ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PSORIASIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PSORIASIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84939970672     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-014-0244-9     Document Type: Review

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