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Skills of the Trade: The Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2015

Teja Thorat
Affiliation:
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Michael Cangelosi
Affiliation:
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Peter J. Neumann
Affiliation:
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Abstract

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The Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry (www.cearegistry.org) is a publicly available comprehensive database of cost-utility analyses of health interventions published in the peer-reviewed medical and public health literature. This article discusses the database structure, methodology of data extraction, current trends in cost-utility analyses and impact of the Registry.

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Copyright © Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis 2012

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