Can we estimate the 'social' value of a QALY? Four core issues to resolve

Health Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-84

  Smith, Richard D ^a,b   Richardson, Jeff ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Quality adjusted life years; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; INCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FINANCING, PERSONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 23644443650     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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