The allocation of scarce medical resources across medical conditions

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-203

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Thomson, Kathryn ^a   McClelland, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMOKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHINOPLASTY; SICK ROLE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0036625497     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608302169643     Document Type: Article

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