Willingness to pay for poison control centers

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-357

  Phillips, Kathryn A ^a,b,c   Homan, Rick K ^a,d   Luft, Harold S ^a   Hiatt, Patricia H ^a   Olson, Kent R ^a   Kearney, Thomas E ^a   Heard, Stuart E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HSRandD   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Injury prevention; Preventive health care; Public goods; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; POISON CENTER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC OPINION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOTLINES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030806282     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00521-8     Document Type: Article

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