Using willingness to pay to assess the benefits of assisted reproductive techniques

Health Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 543-558

  Ryan, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030280975     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199611)5:6<543::AID-HEC230>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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