The willingness to pay for health changes, the human-capital approach and the external costs

Health Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-244

  Johannesson, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Economic evaluation; Human capital; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS;

EID: 0030012557     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8510(96)00815-9     Document Type: Article

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