title: Treating the patient or the population? Part 2. Judging the benefit of a treatment to society as a whole.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Social Welfare, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. t.d.heller@open.ac.uk
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pattison
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D005791:Patient Care / Q000191:economics; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics*