Allocating health care resources under risk: Risk aversion and prudence matter

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1073-1077

  Bui, Phuong ^a   Crainich, David ^b   Eeckhoudt, Louis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^c Catholic Faculties of Mons   (France)

Author keywords

Health management; Prudence; Risk; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUDENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK AVERSION; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORY;

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 26444506826     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.992     Document Type: Article

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