Pritaporn Kingkaew BPharm, MSc*, Yot Teerawattananon MD, PhD* * Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Nonthaburi, Thailand While many of the principles that guide the economic evaluation of medical devices are somewhat similar to those that guide the evaluation of other

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