Trial designs and outcomes in dementia therapeutic research

Edited by Kenneth Rockwood, Serge Gauthier. Published by Taylor & Francis, 2006, £75.00 (hardcover), pp 364. ISBN 1-84184-321-0 Nowadays, it is increasingly expected that every assessment, investigation and treatment should be cost effective. Cost effectiveness is an abstract concept influenced by multiple factors, including social values. Determining the cost effectiveness of treatment is particularly …