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. 1999 Dec;82(Suppl 4):IV11–IV13. doi: 10.1136/hrt.82.2008.iv11

Health economics of heart failure

M Malek
PMCID: PMC1766521  PMID: 10574905

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Retrospective health economic analysis of CIBIS I (France): mean cost per patient (US$1 = FF5).

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MEMO study: ratio of inpatient versus outpatient care after hospital admission.9

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Retrospective health economic analysis of CIBIS (UK). US$1 = £0.63

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