Caring externalities in health economic evaluation: How are they related to severity of illness?

Health Policy

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-182

  Jacobsson, Fredric ^a   Carstensen, John ^a   Borgquist, Lars ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altruism; Caring externality; Health economic evaluation; Internal preferences; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 20644472013     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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