The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 123, Issue 3 , Pages 406-408 , March 2002

QALYs or quackery? The quagmire of quantifying the cost of breathing

Received 14 September 2001 ,Accepted 27 September 2001.

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☆ Address for reprints: Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 108 Burnett-Womack Building, CB 7065, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7065.

PII: S0022-5223(02)87850-3

doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.121526

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 123, Issue 3 , Pages 406-408 , March 2002

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