Why worry about awareness in choice problems? Econometric analysis of screening for cervical cancer

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-47

  Belkar, Rochelle ^a   Fiebig, Denzil G ^a,b   Haas, Marion ^b   Viney, Rosalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Censored probit; Cervical screening; Choice modelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 31344477269     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1013     Document Type: Article

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