# Drugs for exceptionally rare diseases: do they deserve special status for funding?

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/drugs-for-exceptionally-rare-diseases-do-they-deserve-special-status-for-funding/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Dyfrig Hughes,Bronwyn Tunnage,Seow Tien Yeo |
| Citations | 221 |
| DOI | 10.1093/qjmed/hci128 |
| Fields | Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Medicine |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2105845113 |
| PMID | 16203824 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2005 |

## Paper authors

- [Dyfrig Hughes](https://scholariq.org/researchers/dyfrig-hughes/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life](https://scholariq.org/topics/health-systems-economic-evaluations-quality-of-life/)

## Paper topics

- [Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life](https://scholariq.org/topics/health-systems-economic-evaluations-quality-of-life/)
- [Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy](https://scholariq.org/topics/pharmaceutical-economics-and-policy/)
- [Pharmaceutical studies and practices](https://scholariq.org/topics/pharmaceutical-studies-and-practices/)

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