The reliability of willingness to pay for changes in health status

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Smith, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VICTORIA;

EID: 22544464469     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200403010-00007     Document Type: Article

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