Assessing community values in health care: Is the 'willingness to pay' method feasible?

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-29

  Donaldson, Cam ^a,d   Farrar, Shelley ^a,d   Mapp, Tracy ^a,d   Walker, Andrew ^b   Macphee, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ALTERNATIVES; COSTS AND BENEFITS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCOTLAND; SURVEY; VALUES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PARENTS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL VALUES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030938176     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1042(199703)5:1<7::AID-HCA204>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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