Foreword: Health Economic Evaluations in Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries: Methodological Issues and Challenges for Priority Setting
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CATHERINE PITT*, ANNA VASSALL, YOT TEERAWATTANANON, ULLA K. GRIFFITHS, LORNA GUINNESS, DAMIAN WALKER, NICOLA FOSTER and KARA HANSON Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Health, Bangkok, Thailand The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA Health Economics Unit, School of Public health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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