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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Main Author: Naeim, Arash
Corporate Author: Rand Graduate School
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2002.
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.
Item Description:"RGSD-168."
Physical Description:ix, 166 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166).