Embracing the science of value in health

Murray Krahn1, Stirling Bryan2, Karen Lee2

  • 1Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative (Krahn); Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Krahn), Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; BC SUPPORT Unit (Bryan), BC Academic Health Science Network, Vancouver, BC; School of Population and Public Health (Bryan), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation (Bryan), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC; Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (Lee); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Lee), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( Neumann), Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Mass. murray.krahn@theta.utoronto.ca.

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