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Peer reviewedFrazier, Howard S.; Hiatt, Howard H. – Science, 1978
Evaluation of the efficacy of a medical intervention requires measurements of both its benefits and risks as compared to those of alternative forms of management. The requisite measurements are more difficult to make than this description suggests, and the accumulation of information is inhibited by certain characteristics of our pattern of health…
Descriptors: Economics, Health, Medical Care Evaluation, Medicine
