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Article showed how not to read economic evaluations
BMJ 1998; 316 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.316.7135.939 (Published 21 March 1998) Cite this as: BMJ 1998;316:939- Jane Henderson, Health economics researcher,
- Stavros Petrou, Health economist,
- Tracy Roberts, Health economics researcher
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE
EDITOR—Although parts of Greenhalgh's paper on economic analyses were helpful to our non-economist colleagues, many parts showed a poor understanding of the subject and the paper is likely to be of little help in assessing the value of studies.1 Much of the paper was devoted to cost-utility analysis (where this was occasionally confused with cost-benefit analysis and Greenhalgh showed an ignorance of the methods …
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