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Objectivity and Equity: Clarity Required. A Response to Hill and Olson

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All authors assisted with the writing and editing of this letter. MP is supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Genome Canada. JOM is supported by Ireland’s Health Research Board. CM is supported by a Capital Health Research Chair Endowment. None of the authors has any relevant conflicts of interest. MP is the overall guarantor.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, 736 University Terrace, 8303 112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4, Canada

    Mike Paulden & Christopher McCabe

  2. Department of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    James F. O’Mahony

  3. Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, UK

    Anthony J. Culyer

  4. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anthony J. Culyer

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Paulden, M., O’Mahony, J.F., Culyer, A.J. et al. Objectivity and Equity: Clarity Required. A Response to Hill and Olson. PharmacoEconomics 32, 1249–1250 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-014-0239-6

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