Cost Effectiveness of Early Treatment with Oral Aciclovir in Adult Chickenpox*
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in PharmacoEconomics
- Vol. 13 (5) , 645-651
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00019053-199813050-00015
Abstract
Treatment of adult chickenpox with aciclovir is controversial because of the relatively high cost of medication and small proven benefits of therapy. A decision-tree model was used to estimate the...Keywords
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