Cross-Sector Weighting and Valuing of QALYs and VPFs A Report for the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health
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Franklin must be especially thanked for his extensive and helpful comments. A presentation of some of this material at the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health also resulted in many useful comments, in particular from Dan Brock and Nir Eyal.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009