Prioritizing health care: Is "health" always an appropriate maximand?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-280

  Oliver, Adam ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fair innings; Priority setting; QALY maximization; Qualitative analysis; Rights; Worth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARD;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2442719037     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X04265479     Document Type: Article

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