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. 1992 Nov 14;305(6863):1205–1209. doi: 10.1136/bmj.305.6863.1205

Quality of life measures in health care. III: Resource allocation.

D J Spiegelhalter 1, S M Gore 1, R Fitzpatrick 1, A E Fletcher 1, D R Jones 1, D R Cox 1
PMCID: PMC1883819  PMID: 1304741

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