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Books
Drummond ME, O'Brien B, Stoddart GL, Torrance GW. Methods for the Evalua-
tion of Health Care Programmes, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications,
1997.
This text presents a comprehensive, easy-to-follow description of the various com-
ponents that go into an economic analysis. After an introduction and description