Testing the internal consistency of the lottery equivalents method using health outcomes: A comment to Oliver

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Spencer, A ^a   Covey, J ^b   Chilton, S ^c   Taylor, M ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK;

EID: 13844266609     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.954     Document Type: Article

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