An evaluation of Canadians values and attitudes towards expensive drugs for rare diseases

Background: Expensive drugs for rare diseases pose a great challenge for decision-makers involved in determining their funding status due to their extremely high treatment costs, the small patient populations, the uncertainty of evidence for treatment effectiveness and a moral obligation to provide...

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Main Author: Rizzardo, Shirin
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46537