[Economic evaluation of healthcare technologies: an introduction for physicians].

Journal article

Economic evaluation of healthcare interventions is becoming increasingly important and are seen by decision makers as a useful tool on how best to allocate scarce resources efficiently by maximising the health of the population. It is therefore important that health care professionals understand the fundamentals of an economic analysis so that they can understand, evaluate and critically appraise published economic evaluations. This article presents an introduction to the economic analysis of...

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Authors: Luengo-Fernández, R; Hernández-Quesada, C; Rivero-Arias, O

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Revista de neurologia
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 107-115
• Publication date: 2011-07-01
• EISSN: 1576-6578
• ISSN: 0210-0010
• Language: Spanish; Castilian
• Keywords: Decision Making; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Health Care Costs; Health Services Research; Humans; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Biomedical Technology; Stroke; Delivery of Health Care; Physicians