Minor ailments, major problems: a critical appraisal of Rafferty et al. (2017)
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عنوان ژورنال: Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1478-7547
DOI: 10.1186/s12962-018-0160-5