Theory versus practice: A review of 'willingness-to-pay' in health and health care

Health Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-52

  Olsen, Jan Abel ^a   Smith, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Willingness to pay'; Economic evaluation; Health care; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 0035139662     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1050(200101)10:1<39::AID-HEC563>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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