Incorporating option values into the economic evaluation of health care technologies

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 755-766

  Palmer, Stephen ^a   Smith, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Methodology; Option pricing; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MODEL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; TECHNOLOGY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033848186     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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