Discounting the future: Influence of the economic model

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-244

  West, Robert R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIETY;

EID: 0029931188     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.3.239     Document Type: Short Survey

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