Tests of preferential independence in the QALY model

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-428

  Treadwell, Jonathan R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health profiles; Preferential independence; QALY model; Quality adjusted life years

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUGHING; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031662427     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9801800410     Document Type: Article

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