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NICE: A nightmare worth having?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2007

MICHAEL DRUMMOND*
Affiliation:
Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK
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*Correspondence to: Professor M. F. Drummond, Centre for Health Economics, Alcuin ‘A’ Block, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK. Email: md18@york.ac.uk

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