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Challenges in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Hospital Interventions to Improve Quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Matthew M. Davis*
Affiliation:
Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, Division of General Pediatrics, the Division of General Internal Medicine, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls Building, 6C23, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5456, (mattdav@med.umich.edu)

Abstract

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Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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