Axioms for health care resource allocation

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 679-702

  Østerdal, Lars Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health care resource allocation; QALYs; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WELFARE;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 20444389777     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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