Transferability of model-based economic evaluations: the case of trastuzumab for the adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive early breast cancer in the Netherlands.

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Published in Value Health on January 15, 2010

Authors

Brigitte A B Essers1, Shanley C Seferina, Vivianne C G Tjan-Heijnen, Johan L Severens, Annoesjka Novák, Marjolein Pompen, Ulrich H Oron, Manuela A Joore

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. brigitte.essers@mumc.nl

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