Economic valuation of informal care: The conjoint measurement method applied to informal caregiving

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1342-1355

  Van Den Berg, Bernard ^a   Al, Maiwenn ^b   Brouwer, Werner ^b   Van Exel, Job ^b   Koopmanschap, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Conjoint measurement; Economic evaluation; Informal care; The Netherlands; Valuation; Willingness to accept

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COMPENSATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEES AND CHARGES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 20444488266     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.029     Document Type: Article

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