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Intensive Care for the Aged in a Swedish Community Hospital

A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Johannes Vang
Affiliation:
Appropriate Technology for Health WHO
Peter Karlsson
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Eksjö-Nässjö Hospital
Stefan Håkansson
Affiliation:
Department of Health Economics and Technology Assessment, The Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute of the Health Services (Spri)

Abstract

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General Essays
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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