Estimating Informal Caregiving Time from Patient EQ-5D Data: The Informal CARE Effect (iCARE) Tool
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عنوان ژورنال: PharmacoEconomics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1170-7690,1179-2027
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-018-0706-6