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A brief introduction to health economics

To convince policy-makers or funders of health care of the value of orthopaedic interventions, we need to consider value for money (cost-effectiveness), as well as clinical effectiveness. This article provides an introduction to health economics to set the scene for papers on the use of allografts i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Waugh, Norman, Mistry, Hema
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6541570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30729981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-019-05372-y
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Sumario:To convince policy-makers or funders of health care of the value of orthopaedic interventions, we need to consider value for money (cost-effectiveness), as well as clinical effectiveness. This article provides an introduction to health economics to set the scene for papers on the use of allografts in the knee.