Association of time preference for health with age and disease severity

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 120-124

  Stavem, Knut ^a   Kristiansen, I S ^b   Olsen, J A ^c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health state value; Time preference; Time tradeoff

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036964053     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-002-0102-0     Document Type: Article

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