Healthcare cost-effectiveness analysis for older patients : using cataract surgery and breast cancer treatment data /
The two sections of this dissertation discuss cataract surgery and breast cancer treatment in older patients. A randomized clinical trial of older patients with cataracts forms the basis of a cost-effectiveness analysis of several approaches to cataract surgery. An evidence-based decision analysis i...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND,
2002.
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| Series: | Dissertation (Rand Graduate School) ;
RGSD-168. |
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| Summary: | The two sections of this dissertation discuss cataract surgery and breast cancer treatment in older patients. A randomized clinical trial of older patients with cataracts forms the basis of a cost-effectiveness analysis of several approaches to cataract surgery. An evidence-based decision analysis is used to map the uncertainty associated with treatment decision for older patients with newly diagnosed early-stage breast cancer. |
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| Item Description: | "RGSD-168." |
| Physical Description: | ix, 166 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166). |