Erratum to: Estimated Healthcare Costs of Melanoma in Australia Over 3 Years Post-Diagnosis (Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, (2017), 15, 6, (805-816), 10.1007/s40258-017-0341-y);Estimated Healthcare Costs of Melanoma in Australia Over 3 Years Post-Diagnosis

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 805-816

  Elliott, Thomas M ^a,b,c   Whiteman, David C ^a,c   Olsen, Catherine M ^a,d   Gordon, Louisa G ^a,c,d  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DABRAFENIB; FOTEMUSTINE; IPILIMUMAB; TRAMETINIB;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNCERTAINTY; ADULT; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85026466131     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40258-017-0347-5     Document Type: Erratum

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