Time preference bias in time trade-off

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Van Der Pol, Marjon ^a,b   Roux, Larissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Time preference; Time trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21344460298     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-004-0265-y     Document Type: Article

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