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. 1999 Jul 10;319(7202):120.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7202.120.

Economics notes: handling uncertainty in economic evaluation

A Briggs  1
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Economics notes: handling uncertainty in economic evaluation

A Briggs. BMJ. .
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Point estimates of cost effectiveness together with estimates of the associated uncertainty
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