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Services for thalassaemia as a model for cost‐benefit analysis of genetics services
Author(s) -
Modell B.,
Kuliev A. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/bf01797934
Subject(s) - human genetics , cost–benefit analysis , medical genetics , actuarial science , business , risk analysis (engineering) , genetics , biology , ecology , gene
Summary Economic appraisal of genetics services is usually limited to consideration of financial costs and benefits, but this can generate misunder‐standings about the aims of these services. We propose a general framework for economic analysis that includes non‐financial costs and benefits, and the concept of genetic fitness.
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