Societal discounting of health effects in cost-effectiveness analyses: The influence of life expectancy

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 791-802

  Polinder, Suzanne ^a   Meerding, Willem Jan ^a   Van Exel, Job ^a   Brouwer, Werner ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 26444611527     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11707690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200523080-00005     Document Type: Article

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