A new and more robust test of QALYs

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 353-367

  Doctor, Jason N ^a   Bleichrodt, Han ^b   Miyamoto, John ^a   Temkin, Nancy R ^a   Dikmen, Sureyya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

D81; I10; Prospect theory; Quality adjusted life years; Rank dependent utility; Utility measurement

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542408735     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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