Valuing the benefits and costs of health care programmes: Where's the 'extra' in extra-welfarism?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1121-1133

  Birch, Stephen ^a   Donaldson, Cam ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Extra welfarism; Welfarism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; WELFARE;

EID: 0037367260     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00101-6     Document Type: Note

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