Inconsistency and health state valuations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 609-615

  Dolan, Paul ^a   Kind, Paul ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0030032039     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00161-1     Document Type: Article

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