How do researchers and policy-makers decide on the value of health? Daniel Cressey looks at Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Cressey, D. Health economics: Life in the balance. Nature 461, 336–339 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461336a
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