How to estimate the health benefits of additional research and changing clinical practice.
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1 1Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK 2Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, York, UK 3Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands 4Department of Health Technology & Services Research, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Correspondence to: S Griffin [email protected] Additional material is published online only. To view please visit the journal online (http://dx.doi. org/10.1136/bmj.h5987) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h5987 doi: 10.1136/bmj.h5987
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 351 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015