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Alan Williams (1927–2005) and his contribution to health technology assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Michael Drummond
Michael Drummond
Affiliation:
York, December 2005
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Extract

We should be careful when making claims that a given individual had a major impact on a given field. After all, much research is undertaken in teams and good ideas are quickly transferred and developed. There are, however, several reasons to suggest that Alan Williams made a major impact and that the field may have developed differently had he never become a health economist. I give five reasons below.

Type
IN MEMORIAM
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 271 - 272
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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References

Williams A. Cost-benefit analysis: Bastard science and/or insidious poison in the body politik? In: Wolfe JN, ed. 1973. Cost-benefit and cost effectiveness analysis. London: Allen and Unwin;
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The EuroQoL Group. 1990 EuroQoL—a new facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life. Health Policy. 16: 199– 208.
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