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THE IMPLICATIONS OF

COST-EFFECTIVENESS
ANALYSIS OF
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

MAY 1982

BACKGROUND PAPER #2: CASE STUDIES OF
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES

CASE STUDY #13: CARDIAC RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING
AND COST EFFECTIVENESS

William B. Stason, M.D., S.M.

Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
Center for the Analysis of Health Practices

Harvard School of Public Health

and

Director of Health Services Research
VA Outpatient Clinic

Boston, Mass.

Eric Fortess, M.P.H., S.M.

Center for the Analysis of Health Practices

Harvard School of Public Health

Boston, Mass.

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