Economic evaluations on centralisation of specialised healthcare services: A systematic review of methods

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Bhattarai, Nawaraj ^a   McMeekin, Peter ^a,b   Price, Christopher ^a   Vale, Luke ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84971334409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011214     Document Type: Review

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