Cost data for individual patients included in clinical studies: no amount of statistical analysis can compensate for inadequate costing methods.

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Published in Health Econ on December 01, 2002

Authors

Nicholas Graves1, Damian Walker, Rosalind Raine, Andrew Hutchings, Jennifer A Roberts

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK. nicholas.graves@lshtm.ac.uk

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