Severity of illness and priority setting: Worrisome lack of discussion of surprising finding

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 170-172

  Nord, Erik ^a   Dolan, Paul ^b   Tsuchiya, Aki ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORBIDITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 29244475375     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.09.001     Document Type: Note

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