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. 2011 Jul;8(7):e1001058.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001058. Epub 2011 Jul 12.

Individualized cost-effectiveness analysis

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Individualized cost-effectiveness analysis

John P A Ioannidis et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

John Ioannidis and Alan Garber discuss how to use incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) and related metrics so they can be useful for decision-making at the individual level, whether used by clinicians or individual patients.

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JI is a member of the PLoS Medicine Editorial Board. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

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