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Review
. 2004 Nov 20;329(7476):1233-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1233.

Is economic evaluation in touch with society's health values?

Joanna Coast  1
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Review

Is economic evaluation in touch with society's health values?

Joanna Coast. BMJ. .

Abstract

Health funding is increasingly based on the results of economic evaluation. But current methods fail to consider all society's health objectives and are too complex for policy makers to use

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