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Expanding the Scope of Costs and Benefits for Economic Evaluations in Health: Some Words of Caution

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McCabe, C. Expanding the Scope of Costs and Benefits for Economic Evaluations in Health: Some Words of Caution. PharmacoEconomics 37, 457–460 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-018-0729-z

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