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An overview of economic analysis for the practising gastroenterologist and hepatologist
1Duke University, GI Outcomes Research, Department of Medicine, and VAMC Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. prove002@mc.duke.edu
Abstract:
In this era of limited resources and regulation of health care, it is important for the practising clinician to understand the process of economic evaluation of health care practices. This review provides an overview of economic analysis for the practising gastroenterologist and hepatologist, including information about costs and charges, and an explanation of the common types of economic analyses, and criteria for critically evaluating economic analyses in the literature.
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