Cross-country comparisons of health-care costs: The case of cancer treatment in the Nordic countries

Jorid Kalseth, Thomas Halvorsen, Birgitte Kalseth, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Mikko Peltola, Kirsi Kautiainen, Unto Häkkinen, Emma Medin, Jonatan Lundgren, Clas Rehnberg, Birna Björg Másdóttir, Maria Heimisdottir, Helga Hrefna Bjarnadóttir, Jóanis Erik Køtlum, Janni Kilsmark and Vidar Halsteinli

Health Policy, 2014, vol. 115, issue 2, 172-179

Abstract: The objective of this study is to perform a cross-country comparison of cancer treatment costs in the Nordic countries, and to demonstrate the added value of decomposing documented costs in interpreting national differences.

Keywords: Health-care costs; National comparisons; Cancer treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.01.003

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