A consistency test of the time trade-off

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1037-1052

  Bleichrodt, Han ^a   Pinto, Jose Luis ^b   Abellan Perpiñan, Jose Maria ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost utility analysis; Loss aversion; Time trade off

Indexed keywords

TRADE-OFF;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION;

EID: 0242298195     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(03)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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