Willingness to pay for health risk reduction in the context of altruism

Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 623-635

  Araña, Jorge E ^a   León, Carmelo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altruism; Bayesian methods; Contingent valuation; Flu; Health risk

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING;

ALTRUISM; BAYES THEOREM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPAIN; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0036798462     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.687     Document Type: Article

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