Economic evaluation of future skin cancer prevention in Australia

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 7-12

  Shih, Sophy TF ^a   Carter, Rob ^a   Heward, Sue ^b   Sinclair, Craig ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness; Economics; Prevention; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNTRY ECONOMIC STATUS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL NORM; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85012195768     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.01.013     Document Type: Article

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