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Clarifying the role of values in cost-effectiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2016

Michael K. Gusmano  and
Gregory Kaebnick
Michael K. Gusmano*
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Gregory Kaebnick
Affiliation:
Hastings Centre, Garrison, NY, USA
*
*Correspondence to: Michael Gusmano, Rutgers University, 112 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. Email: [email protected]
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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 2016 , pp. 439 - 443
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