Valuing infertility treatment: Why QALYs are inadequate, and an alternative approach to cost-effectiveness thresholds.

Front Med Technol

National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Published: December 2022

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